Chapter 4: Command Line Interface

This chapter describes how to use the Command Line Interface (CLI).

Note: You can only access the console interface through the Master unit in the stack.

Using the Command Line Interface

Accessing the CLI

When accessing the management interface for the switch over a direct connection to the server’s console port, or via a Telnet connection, the switch can be managed by entering command keywords and parameters at the prompt. Using the switch's command-line interface (CLI) is very similar to entering commands on a UNIX system.

Console Connection

To access the switch through the console port, perform these steps:

1.At the console prompt, enter the user name and password. (The default user names are “admin” and “guest” with corresponding passwords of “admin” and “guest.”) When the administrator user name and password is entered, the CLI displays the “Console#” prompt and enters privileged access mode

(i.e., Privileged Exec). But when the guest user name and password is entered, the CLI displays the “Console>” prompt and enters normal access mode (i.e., Normal Exec).

2.Enter the necessary commands to complete your desired tasks.

3.When finished, exit the session with the “quit” or “exit” command.

After connecting to the system through the console port, the login screen displays:

User Access Verification

Username: admin

Password:

CLI session with the 44GE+4Combo Layer2/3/4 Stackable Switch is opened. To end the CLI session, enter [Exit].

Console#

Telnet Connection

Telnet operates over the IP transport protocol. In this environment, your management station and any network device you want to manage over the network must have a valid IP address. Valid IP addresses consist of four numbers, 0 to 255, separated by periods. Each address consists of a network portion and host portion. For example, the IP address assigned to this switch, 10.1.0.1, consists of a network portion (10.1.0) and a host portion (1).

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