Chapter 2: Cli Commands; About The Cli; Logging In To The Cli - Avaya G250 Reference

Chapter 2: CLI Commands

About the CLI

The Avaya G250/G350 Media Gateway CLI is accessible directly via the serial console port,
remotely via telnet, or via the modem PPP interface. The CLI is command-line driven and does
not have any menus. The CLI commands available, and the functions of those commands,
depend on the context you are in when you issue the command. For a complete discussion of
contexts, refer to
This chapter lists all the CLI commands for the Avaya G250/G350 Media Gateway. All
commands are supported for both the G250 and the Avaya G250 and Avaya G350 Media
Gateways except where otherwise noted.

Logging in to the CLI

To login to the CLI, you need a username and a password. Initially, there is only one user,
named root (with password root), on the system. It is recommended to change the root user
password to prevent unauthorized entry into the system. The root user has Administrative
privileges. You can add more users with the username command.
When you open the CLI interface, you are prompted for a username. Enter the username and
press Enter. Enter your password at the password prompt, and press Enter. Once you have
logged in, you can execute all the CLI commands that are permitted at your user level. For a full
discussion of user levels, refer to
Contexts on page 30.
User Levels on page 29.
About the CLI
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