HP 6120 How To Move Between Levels, 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 to

Manager level

ProCurve> enable

Password:_

After you enter enable, the Password prompt appears. After you enter the Manager password, the system prompt appears with the # symbol:

ProCurve#_

Manager level	ProCurve# config
to	ProCurve(config)#
Global configuration
level

Global configuration level

to a

Context configuration level

Context configuration level

to another Context configuration level

Move from any level to the preceding level

Move from any level to the Manager level

ProCurve(config)# vlan 10

ProCurve(vlan-10)#

ProCurve(vlan-10)# interface e 3 ProCurve(int-3)#

The CLI accepts “e” as the abbreviated form of “ethernet”.

ProCurve(int-3)# exit

ProCurve(config)# exit

ProCurve# exit

ProCurve>

ProCurve(int-3)# end ProCurve#

—or— ProCurve(config)# end

ProCurve#

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.

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