Q-Logic 5602 Opening and Closing an Admin Session, Entering Commands, Command-Line Completion

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2 – Command Line Interface Usage Opening and Closing an Admin Session

2.2

Opening and Closing an Admin Session

The command line interface performs monitoring and configuration tasks. Commands that perform monitoring tasks are available to all user accounts. Commands that perform configuration tasks are available only after entering the Admin Start command to open an Admin session. A user account must have Admin authority to enter the Admin Start command.

The following is an example of how to open and close an Admin session:

SANbox #> admin start SANbox (admin) #>

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SANbox (admin) #> admin end

2.3

Entering Commands

The command-line completion feature makes entering and repeating commands easier. Table 2-1describes the command-line completion keystrokes.

	Table 2-1. Command-Line Completion
Keystroke	Effect
Tab	Completes the command line. Enter at least one character and press
	the tab key to complete the command line. If more than one possibility
	exists, press the Tab key again to display all possibilities.
Up Arrow	Scrolls backward through the list of previously entered commands.
Down Arrow	Scrolls forward through the list of previously entered commands.
Control-A	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line
Control-E	Moves the cursor to the end of the command line.
Control-U	Clears the command line.

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