Nortel Networks 4050 Using slashes and spaces in commands, IP address and network mask formats

810Appendix A CLI reference

If you use the cur command without the sys submenu argument, information related to the Configuration menu and all submenus displays.

Using slashes and spaces in commands

To include a forward slash (/) or a space in a command string, place the string containing the slash or space within double quotation marks before you execute the command.

For example, to specify a directory path and file name on the same line as the ftp command in the CLI, double quotation marks are required:

>>Software Management# download ftp 10.0.0.1 “pub/

SSL-5.1.1-upgrade_complete.pkg”

IP address and network mask formats

IP addresses and network masks can be expressed in different ways in the CLI.

IP addresses

IP addresses can be specified in the following ways:

•Dotted decimal notation — specify the IP address as is: 10.0.0.1

•According to the formats below:

•A.B.C.D = A.B.C.D, the equivalent of dotted decimal notation

•A.B.D = A.B.0.D — that is, 10.1.10 translates to 10.1.0.10

•A.D = A.0.0.D — that is, 10.1 translates to 10.0.0.1

•D = 0.0.0.D — that is, 10 translates to 0.0.0.10

Network masks

A network mask can be specified in dotted decimal notation or as number of bits. Where the network mask is:

•255.0.0.0 it can also be expressed as 8

•255.255.0.0 it can also be expressed as 16

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