Chapter 3: Fundamentals; Cli - Avaya 8800 User Interface Fundamentals

Chapter 3: Fundamentals

The CLI, ACLI, and EDM are single-element configuration managers. You can use any one of these
managers to configure your Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600. Which one you choose is strictly
a personal preference. However, here are some characteristics to help you decide:
• CLI—This interface is an industry-standard command line interface. You may want to choose the
CLI if you are used to configuring devices from other companies.
• ACLI—This interface is Avaya's traditional command line interface. You may want to choose the
ACLI if you are used to configuring Avaya devices.
• EDM—This is a graphical user interface as opposed to a command line interface. Another distinction
of EDM is that you can create graphical representations of statistics, which you cannot do with the
command line interfaces.
The Configuration and Orchestration Manager (COM) is also a GUI like EDM, but it is installed on a remote
server and it enables you to configure multiple devices through one interface
The following sections describe each of the interfaces in more detail:
•

CLI

on page 11
• ACLI on page 12
• Enterprise Device Manager
• Configuration and Orchestration Manager
CLI
You configure and manage the Ethernet Routing Switch with the Command Line Interface
(CLI). The CLI is organized into a tree data structure. After you type a command, the prompt
shows the command context (the current level or branch) and the command subcontext.
Context indicates commands at the current level, and subcontext shows a list of commands
available at that level. The following example shows the screen output, including context and
subcontext, for the config vlan 1 info command.
ERS-8610:6/config/vlan/1# info
Sub-Context: create fdb-entry fdb-filter fdb-static ip ipv6 ipx ports srcmac static-
mcastmac
While you are at a level of the hierarchy, you need to type only the subcommand for that level.
For example, to view the configuration information of VLAN 1 from the top or prompt level, type
config vlan 1 info. If you are already at the config vlan branch, you need to type
only info. In addition, while you are at a certain level, you remain at that level until you type
box or top. These two commands return the CLI context to the system-level prompt. You use
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