HP BMD00022 Global commands, Following table describes the global commands, Command Action, Or up

Operations-level commands are used for making immediate and temporary changes to switch configuration. This menu is used for bringing ports temporarily in and out of service. This menu is available only from an administrator and operator login.

•Boot Options Menu

The Boot Options Menu is available only from an administrator login. This menu is used for upgrading switch software, selecting configuration blocks, and for resetting the switch when necessary. This menu is also used to set the switch back to factory settings.

•Maintenance Menu

This menu is used for debugging purposes, enabling you to generate a technical support dump of the critical state information in the switch, and to clear entries in the Forwarding Database and the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) and routing tables. This menu is available only from an administrator and operator login.

Global commands

Some basic commands are recognized throughout the menu hierarchy. These commands are useful for obtaining online Help, navigating through menus, and for applying and saving configuration changes.

For help on a specific command, enter help. The following screen displays:

Global Commands: [can be issued from any menu]
help	up	print	pwd
lines	verbose	exit	quit
diff	apply	save	revert
ping	traceroute	telnet	history
pushd	popd	who
The following are used to navigate the menu structure:
.	Print current menu
..	Move up one menu level

/Top menu if first, or command separator ! Execute command from history

The following table describes the global commands.

Table 4 Global commands

Command	Action
? command or	Provides usage information about a specific command on the current menu. When used
help	without the command parameter, a summary of the global commands is displayed.
. or print	Displays the current menu.
.. or up	Moves up one level in the menu structure.
/	If placed at the beginning of a command, displays the Main Menu. Otherwise, this is
	used to separate multiple commands placed on the same line.
lines	Sets the number of lines (n) that display on the screen at one time. The default is 24 lines.
	When used without a value, the current setting is displayed.
diff	Shows any pending configuration changes that have not been applied.
	diff flash displays all pending configuration changes that have been applied but not
	saved to flash memory (NVRAM), as well as those that have not been applied.
apply	Applies pending configuration changes.
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