Chapter 6: Acli Procedures; Accessing The Acli - Avaya 8800 User Interface Fundamentals

Chapter 6: ACLI procedures

Either the ACLI or the CLI is accessible at runtime. You cannot use both the CLI and ACLI commands in
the same session. If a switch is operating in ACLI mode, it does not recognize a CLI configuration file and
therefore cannot load it. Similarly, a switch operating in CLI mode does not recognize an ACLI
configuration file and cannot load it.
You use a boot monitor flag to toggle between the existing CLI and ACLI. You must reboot the switch for
the change to take effect (if configured from runtime). Also, to retain the configuration, you must save the
running configuration in the new mode before you toggle the flag.
The CLI and ACLI config files must have unique file names when you save them. If the file names are not
unique, the configuration file is overwritten in either CLI format or ACLI format, depending on the choice
you made. When you boot dual SF/CPU switches, always boot the secondary SF/CPU before you boot
the primary SF/CPU. Avaya recommends that you reset and hold the secondary SF/CPU at the monitor
prompt, and then boot the primary SF/CPU. After the primary SF/CPU boots, boot the secondary SF/CPU
from the monitor prompt.
Note:
When changing to ACLI mode, the message "Some SNMP commands may not be saved" is
shown.

Accessing the ACLI

When you first power up the Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600, the default interface is the
CLI. To switch from the CLI to the ACLI, you must change the ACLI boot flag and save the
boot configuration file.
Procedure steps
Change the ACLI boot flag using the following command:
ERS-8610:5# config bootconfig flags acli true
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