Chapter 3: Getting Started Fundamentals; Acli Commands - Avaya 3500 Series Getting Started

Chapter 3: Getting started fundamentals

ACLI commands

Avaya Command Line Interface (ACLI) is a text-based interface used for switch configuration and
management. A common command line interface (CLI), ACLI follows the industry standard used for
device management across Avaya products.
ACLI command modes occur in order of increasing privileges, each based on user logon permission
level. Logon password determines logon permission level.
You can access ACLI directly through a console connection, remotely through a dial-up modem
connection, or in-band through a Telnet session.
You can use ACLI interactively or use the configure network command to load and execute
ACLI scripts, manually loading the script in the console menu or automatically loading the script at
startup.
ACLI provides the following command modes:
• User EXEC
• Privileged EXEC
• Global Configuration
• Interface Configuration
• Application Configuration
If no password is set, you can enter ACLI in User EXEC mode and use the enable command to
move to the next level (Privileged EXEC mode). However, if you have read-only access, you cannot
progress beyond User EXEC mode, the default mode. If you have read-write access you can
progress from the default mode through all of the available modes.
User Executive mode is the default ACLI command mode and the initial access mode. Also known
as exec mode, it is the most restrictive ACLI mode with only basic commands available; for
example, show, ping and logout. User Executive commands are available from the other modes.
Privileged Executive mode is an unrestricted mode that can display all switch settings. If you are
logged on with write access, you can access all configuration modes and commands that affect
switch operation from Privileged Executive mode.
In Privileged Executive mode, also known as privExec mode, you can perform basic switch level
management tasks; for example, downloading software images, setting passwords, and starting the
switch. Privileged Executive commands are also available in Global and Interface configuration
modes.
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