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System configuration using the CLI

In the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series, the Command Line Interface (CLI) commands lets you display and modify the switch configuration while the switch is operating.

This chapter includes information about general switch maintenance, such as setting up access parameters, upgrading the software, and setting the speed. This chapter contains information about the following topics:

"Configuring the switch IP address, subnet mask and default gateway" (page 177)

"Using DNS to ping and telnet" (page 184)

"Configuration Management" (page 188)

"Customizing your system" (page 193)

"Displaying the ARP table" (page 202)

"Displaying interfaces" (page 202)

"Saving the configuration to NVRAM" (page 205)

"Enabling and disabling autosave" (page 206)

"Setting time on network elements using Simple Network Time Protocol" (page 208)

"Enabling Autopology" (page 215)

"Configuring LLDP using the CLI" (page 217)

"Configuring LEDs to blink on the display panel" (page 229)

"Upgrading software" (page 229)

Configuring the switch IP address, subnet mask and default gateway

IP notation

To enter IP addresses and subnet masks in the CLI, enter both the IP address and the subnet mask in dotted decimal notation (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX).

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series

Overview — System Configuration

NN47215-500 (323162-B) 02.02 Standard

4.1 19 November 2007

Copyright © 2007, Nortel Networks

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