Ambiguous Commands; Console Help - Cabletron Systems SmartCell 6A000 Installation And Setup Manual

Using the Console
3.2.5

Ambiguous Commands

If you enter part of a command and that part is not unique, the console displays a numbered list of possible matching
commands. For example, entering
" ." In response, the SmartSwitch 6A000 displays a list of the possible commands:
pnnin
SmartSwitch # show pnnin
Objects beginning with pnnin for action show
0 : PnniNeighbor
1 : PnniNetworkLink
2 : PnniNetworkNode
3 : PnniNode
4 : PnniNodeTimer
(#)Command (Q)uit? : 3
SmartSwitch # show PnniNode
Selecting number three from the list automatically enters the corresponding command; pressing
command:
PNNI Node Information
================================================================================
Level : 80
Node Id : 50:a0:39:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:28:c1:80:00:20:d4:28:c1:80:00
Lowest : TRUE
Admin Status : UP
Oper Status : UP
Atm Address : 39:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:28:c1:80:00:20:d4:28:c1:80:00
Peer Group Id: 50:39:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00
Rst Transit : FALSE
Rst Branching: FALSE
DB Overload : FALSE
Ptse : 2
SmartSwitch #
3.2.6

Console Help

The console provides several levels of help for console commands. For example, to list the switch attributes that can
be used with a particular operator, enter the word
attributes that are affected by the
SmartSwitch # help add
HELP ---- add
==============================================================================
add [ Alias | ATMRoute | BUSELAN | Community | ELAN | IPATMClient |
IPATMPVC | LANEClient | LECSELAN | LECSELANLEC |
LECSELANNameTable | LECSELANPolicy | LECSPacketSizes | LECSTLVSET
| LESELAN | NetPrefix | PnniMetrics | PnniNode |
PnniSummaryAddress | PnniTnsRoute | Port | PVC | PVP | Route |
ServiceRegistry | TrafficDescriptor | TrapCommunity ]
SmartSwitch #
3-8 SmartSwitch 6A000 Installation and Setup Guide
is ambiguous because there are several commands that start with
show pnnin
— "pnnin" is ambiguous
— I meant PnniNode, so I enter number three (3) from the list
(or
help ?
operator, enter the following:
add
) followed by the operator. For example, to see all the
Configuring the Switch
executes the
Enter