HP 5300XL, 5304XL, 5348XL Command Line Interface (CLI)

Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Using the CLI

How To Move Between Levels

Change in Levels	Example of Prompt, Command, and Result
Operator level	HPswitch> enable
to	Password:_
Manager level	After you enter enable, the Password prompt
	appears. After you enter the Manager
	password, the system prompt appears with the
	# symbol:
	HPswitch#_
Manager level	HPswitch# config
to	HPswitch(config)#
Global configuration
level
Global configuration	HPswitch(config)# vlan 10
level	HPswitch(vlan-10)#
to a
Context configuration
level
Context configuration	HPswitch(vlan-10)# interface e 3
level	HPswitch(int-3)#
to another	The CLI accepts “e” as the abbreviated form of
Context configuration	“ethernet”.
level
Move from any level	HPswitch(int-3)# exit
to the preceding level	HPswitch(config)# exit
	HPswitch# exit
	HPswitch>
Move from any level	HPswitch(int-3)# end
to the Manager level	HPswitch#
	—or—
	HPswitch(config)# end
	HPswitch#

Moving Between the CLI and the Menu Interface. When moving between interfaces, the switch retains the current privilege level (Manager or Operator). That is, if you are at the Operator level in the menu and select the Command Line Interface (CLI) option from the Main Menu, the CLI prompt appears at the Operator level.

Changing Parameter Settings. Regardless of which interface is used (CLI, menu interface, or web browser interface), the most recently configured version of a parameter setting overrides any earlier settings for that parameter. For example, if you use the menu interface to configure an IP address of “X”

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