Accessing The Nncli (From The Cli) - Nortel 8300 Troubleshooting Manual

Table 1
NNCLI command modes
Command mode
User EXEC
Privileged EXEC
Global
configuration
Interface
configuration
Note: Prompts are expressed in this table using the format Passport-8300:5;
however, prompts returned from your switch typically reflect the specific chassis
you use. For example, if you use the 8310 chassis, the prompts use the format
Passport-8310:5. Prompts can be customized, also, using the NNCLI command
snmp-server name <prompt>. Refer to Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8300
Installation — Read Me First for more information.

Accessing the NNCLI (from the CLI)

When you first power up the Ethernet Routing Switch 8300, the default
interface is the CLI. To switch from the CLI to the NNCLI, you must change
the NNCLI boot flag to true and save the boot configuration file using the
following commands:
Passport-8310:5# config boot flags nncli true
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Prompt
Passport-8300:5>
Passport-8300:5#
Passport-8300:5(conf
ig)#
Passport-8300:5(confi
g-if)#
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NNCLI and CLI 25
Mode Command/mode
name
to enter or exit mode
exec
Default mode
when NNCLI is started
logout to exit
privExec enable to enter from
User EXEC mode
disable to exit to
User EXEC mode
configure to enter
config
from Privileged EXEC
mode
exit to exit to
Privileged EXEC mode
interface to
config-if
enter from Global
configuration mode
exit to exit to Global
configuration mode