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, type 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 help

Provides usage information about a specific command on the current menu. When used

 

 

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.

 

 

 

save

 

Saves the active configuration to backup, and saves the current configuration as active.

 

 

save n saves the current configuration as active, without saving the active configuration

 

 

to backup.

 

 

revert

Removes changes that have been made, but not applied.

 

 

revert apply removes all changes that have not been saved.

 

 

exit or quit

Exits from the command line interface and logs out.

 

 

 

ping

 

Verifies station-to-station connectivity across the network. The format is:

 

 

ping <host name> <IP address> [ (number of tries)> [

 

 

msec delay ]]

 

 

• IP address is the hostname or IP address of the device.

 

 

• number of tries (optional) is the number of attempts (1-32).

 

 

• msec delay (optional) is the number of milliseconds between attempts.

 

 

traceroute

Identifies the route used for station-to-station connectivity across the network. The format is:

 

 

traceroute <host name> <IP address> [<max-hops> [ msec

 

 

delay ]]

 

 

• IP address is the hostname or IP address of the target station.

 

 

• max-hops (optional) is the maximum distance to trace (1-16 devices)

 

 

• msec delay (optional) is the number of milliseconds to wait for the response.

 

 

 

pwd

 

Displays the command path used to reach the current menu.

 

 

 

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