Appendix E How to Access and Use the CLI

•Commands are in courier new font.

•Required input values are in angle brackets <>; for example, ping <ip- address> means that you must specify an IP address for this command.

•Optional fields are in square brackets []; for instance in the show logins [name]command, the name field is optional.

The following is an example of a required field within an optional field: snmp- server [contact <system contact>], the contact field is optional. However, if you use contact, then you must provide the system contact information.

•The (bar) symbol means “or”.

•italic terms represent user-defined input values; for example, in sys datetime date [year month date], year month date can be replaced by the actual year month and date that you want to set, for example, 2007 08 15.

•A key stroke is denoted by square brackets and uppercase text, for example, [ENTER] means the “Enter” or “Return” key on your keyboard.

•<cr> means press the [ENTER] key.

•An arrow (-->) indicates that this line is a continuation of the previous line.

A long list of pre-defined values may be replaced by a command input value ‘variable’ so as to avoid a very long command in the description table. Refer to the command input values table if you are unsure of what to enter.

Table 112 Common Command Input Values

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

description

Used when a command has a description field in order to add more

 

detail.

 

 

ip-address

An IP address in dotted decimal notation. For example, 192.168.1.3.

 

 

mask

The subnet mask in dotted decimal notation, for example,

 

255.255.255.0.

 

 

mask-bits

The number of bits in an address’s subnet mask. For example type /24

 

for a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.

 

 

port

A port number.

 

 

hostname

The hostname can be an IP address or domain name.

 

 

name

Used for the name of a rule, policy, set, group and so on.

 

 

number

Used for a number, for example 10, that you have to enter.

 

 

Note: Commands are case sensitive! Enter commands exactly as seen in the command interface. Remember to also include underscores if required.

 

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