McDATA 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 User Manual page 33

Entering Command Line Interface Commands
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Config.Port> name 4 "Sam's Tape Drive"
At this point, to enter the maint.port.beacon command to set the
beaconing state of port 4, the following series of commands is
entered:
Config.Port> ..
Config> ..
Root> maint
Maint> port
Maint.Port> beacon 4 true
Note that you must return all the way to the root of the tree to
transition to another extended branch. When traversing back to the
root, the name of each branch cannot be used. Instead use the
double-dot command (two periods) to move back towards the root.
Note that only one double-dot command may be entered at a time.
One approach to making the navigation more concise is to use the
root command to jump directly to the root of the CLI command tree.
The previous example, which shows stepping back to the root with
the double-dot command, is simplified as follows:
Config.Port> root
Root> maint
Maint> port
Maint.Port> beacon 4 true
Another approach to making the navigation more concise is to use
the complete command syntax from the Root> prompt each time. For
example, to issue the config.port.name command and then the
maint.port.beacon command, the commands are entered as follows:
Root> config port name 4 "Sam's Tape Drive"
Root> maint port beacon 4 true
As shown in this example, use of the complete command syntax
avoids navigating up and down the branches of the CLI command
tree, and the prompt stays at the root. The use of complete command
syntax is particularly useful when writing scripts.
When coding a script, remember to code the appropriate character
sequences, which are described in on page 1-2.
Navigation Conventions
Root> config port name 4 "Sam's Tape Drive"<CR>
Root> maint port beacon 4 true<CR>
Introduction
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