CLI views adopt a hierarchical structure. See Figure 3.

•After logging in to the switch, you are in user view. The user view prompt is <device name>. In user view, you can perform display, debugging, and file management operations, set the system time, restart your device, and perform FTP and Telnet operations.

•You can enter system view from user view. In system view, you can configure parameters such as daylight saving time, banners, and short-cut keys.

•From system view, you can enter different function views. For example, enter interface view to configure interface parameters, create a VLAN and enter its view, enter user interface view to configure login user attributes, create a local user and enter local user view to configure the password and level of the local user.

NOTE:

Enter ? in any view to display all the commands that can be executed in this view.

Figure 3 Command line views

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Entering system view

When you log in to the device, you automatically enter user view, where <Device name> is displayed. You can perform limited operations in user view, for example, display operations, file operations, and Telnet operations. To perform further configuration on the device, enter system view.

Follow the step below to enter system view:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Required

Available in user view

 

 

 

 

 

Exiting the current view

The CLI is divided into different command views. Each view has a set of specific commands and defines the effective scope of the commands. The commands available to you at any given time depend on the view you are in.

Follow the step below to exit the current view:

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