Entering Commands; Keywords And Arguments - SMC Networks SMC TigerStack III SMC6824M Management Manual

After you configure the switch with an IP address, you can open a Telnet
session by performing these steps.
1. From the remote host, enter the Telnet command and the IP address of
the device you want to access.
2. At the prompt, enter the user name and system password. The CLI will
display the "Vty-n#" prompt for the administrator to show that you are
using privileged access mode (i.e., Privileged Exec), or "Vty-n>" for the
guest to show that you are using normal access mode (i.e., Normal Exec),
where n indicates the number of the current Telnet session.
3. Enter the necessary commands to complete your desired tasks.
4. When finished, exit the session with the "quit" or "exit" command.
After entering the Telnet command, the login screen displays:
Username: admin
Password:
CLI session with the SMC6824M is opened.
To end the CLI session, enter [Exit].
Vty-0#
Note: You can open up to four sessions to the device via Telnet.

Entering Commands

This section describes how to enter CLI commands.

Keywords and Arguments

A CLI command is a series of keywords and arguments. Keywords identify a
command, and arguments specify configuration parameters. For example, in
the command "show interfaces status ethernet 1/5," show interfaces and
status are keywords, ethernet is an argument that specifies the interface
type, and 1/5 specifies the unit/port.
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