Editing Features - Dell PowerConnect 3424 Cli Reference Manual

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For more information, see Dell™ PowerConnect™ 3400 Series User's Guide.
2 Enter the following commands to begin the configuration procedure:
Console> enable
Console# configure
Console(config)#
3 Configure the device and enter the necessary commands to complete the required tasks.
4 When finished, exit the session with the exit command.
When a different user is required to log onto the system, use the login Privileged EXEC mode
command. This effectively logs off the current user and logs on the new user.

Editing Features

Entering Commands
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/e11, show, interfaces and status are keywords, ethernet is an argument that
specifies the interface type, and 1/e11 specifies the port.
To enter commands that require parameters, enter the required parameters after the command
keyword. For example, to set a password for the administrator, enter:
Console(config)# username admin password alansmith
When working with the CLI, the command options are not displayed. The command is not
selected from a menu, but is manually entered. To see what commands are available in each
mode or within an interface configuration, the CLI provides a method of displaying the
available commands, the command syntax requirements and in some instances, parameters
required to complete the command. The standard command to request help is the character ?.
There are two instances where help information can be displayed:
• Keyword lookup — The character ? is entered in place of a command. A list of all valid
commands and corresponding help messages are is displayed.
• Partial keyword lookup — If a command is incomplete and or the character ? is entered in
place of a parameter. The matched keyword or parameters for this command are displayed.
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Using the CLI
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