Chapter 15 Command Shell Overview

NOTE: If the set prefix is used, a save command must be executed as well so that the new settings are retained after power cycles. Since set only affects the settings in memory, they will be lost after a power cycle unless they are saved to flash memory.

Getting Command Help

The NIC command shell provides several online help tools, including:

“?” Command

Typing “?” when logged in to the command shell will produce a full list of all available commands.

Command Prefixes

Typing in the first portion of a command will produce an error message showing the correct syntax. For example, typing in store tcpip will produce a list of all commands that start with this prefix.

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