Command Groups; Introduction; Layer 2 Commands - Dell PowerConnect M6348 Cli Reference Manual

Command Groups

Introduction

The Command Line Interface (CLI) is a network management application operated through an
ASCII terminal without the use of a Graphic User Interface (GUI) driven software application.
By directly entering commands, the user has greater configuration flexibility. The CLI is a basic
command-line interpreter similar to the UNIX C shell.
A switch can be configured and maintained by entering commands from the CLI, which is
based solely on textual input and output with commands being entered by a terminal keyboard
and the output displayed as text via a terminal monitor. The CLI can be accessed from a console
terminal connected to an EIA/TIA-232 port or through a Telnet session.
This guide describes how the CLI is structured, describes the command syntax, and describes
the command functionality.
This guide also provides information for configuring the PowerConnect switch, details the
procedures, and provides configuration examples. Basic installation configuration is described in
User's Guide
the and must be completed before using this document.
Command Groups
The system commands can be broken down into three sets of functional groups, Layers 2,
Layer 3, and Utility.
Table 1-1. System Command Groups
Command Group

Layer 2 Commands

AAA
ACL
Address Table
Auto-VoIP
CDP Interoperability
DHCP l2 Relay
Description
Configures connection security including authorization and passwords.
Configures and displays ACL information.
Configures bridging address tables.
Configures the Auto-VoIP feature.
Configures Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP).
Enables the Layer 2 DHCP Relay agent for an interface.
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