Command Line Interface

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Command Groups

The system commands can be broken down into the functional groups shown below.

Table 4-4 Command Groups

Command Group Description Page
General Basic commands for entering privileged access mode, restarting the
system, or quitting the CLI
4-11
System Management Display and setting of system information, basic modes of operation,
maximum frame size, file management, console port and
telnet settings,
system logs, SMTP alerts, system clock, and switch clustering
4-16
Simple Network
Management Protocol
Activates authentication failure traps; configures community access
strings, and trap managers
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Authentication Configures user names and passwords, logon access using local or
remote authentication (including AAA), management access through
the web server, Telnet server and Secure Shell; as well as port security,
IEEE 802.1X port access control, and restricted access based on
specified IP addresses
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General Security
Measures
Segregates traffic for clients attached to common data ports; and
prevents unauthorized access by configuring valid static or dynamic
addresses, MAC address authentication, and filtering DHCP requests
and replies
4-123
Access Control List Provides filtering for IPv4 frames (based on address, protocol, TCP/
UDP port number, TCP control code, or non-IP frames (based on MAC
address or Ethernet type)
4-143
Interface Configures the connection parameters for all Ethernet ports,
aggregated links, and VLANs
4-155
Link Aggregation Statically groups multiple ports into a single logical trunk; configures
Link Aggregation Control Protocol for port trunks
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Mirror Port Mirrors data to another port for analysis without affecting the data
passing through or the performance of the monitored port
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RSPAN Mirroring Mirrors data from remote switches over a dedicated VLAN 4-180
Rate Limiting Controls the maximum rate for traffic transmitted or received on a port 4-185
PoE Configures power output for connected evices 4-186
Address Table Configures the address table for filtering specified addresses, displays
current entries, clears the table, or sets the aging time
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Spanning Tree Configures Spanning Tree settings for the switch 4-196
VLANs Configures VLAN settings, and defines port membership for VLAN
groups; also enables or configures private VLANs and protocol VLANs
4-215
Class of Service Sets port priority for untagged frames, selects strict priority or weighted
round robin, relative weight for each priority queue, also sets priority for
TCP/UDP traffic types, and DSCP
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Quality of Service Configures Differentiated Services 4-257
Multicast Filtering Configures IGMP multicast filtering, query parameters, specifies ports
attached to a multicast router, and enables multicast VLAN registration
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Domain Name Service Configures DNS services 4-290
IP Interface Configures IP address for the switch 4-297