Introduction; Command Groups - Dell PowerConnect 8024 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
Data Center Bridging
Description
Configures connection security including authorization and passwords.
Configures and displays ACL information.
Configures bridging address tables.
Configures the Auto-VoIP feature.
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Configures Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP).
Provides priority-based flow control that can pause (inhibit
transmission) of individual priorities within a single physical link.
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