Exec Mode Options - Cisco AP776A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5020 Configuration Manual

Chapter 2 Before You Begin
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
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To start executing commands, enter the command at the top level of the hierarchy (EXEC mode). For
example, to configure a Fibre Channel interface, use the config terminal command. Once you are in
configuration mode, issue the interface command. When you are in the interface configuration
submode, you can query the available commands there.
The following example shows how to query the available commands in the interface submode:
switch# config t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
switch(config)# interface fc1/1
switch(config-if)# ?
Interface configuration commands:
channel-group
do
exit
fcdomain
fspf
no
rspan-tunnel
shutdown
switchport

EXEC Mode Options

When you start a session on the switch, you begin in EXEC mode. Based on the role or group to which
you belong, you have access to limited commands or to all commands (see the
Authorization" section on page
EXEC commands are one-time commands, such as show commands, which display the current
configuration status. Here is a list of EXEC mode commands:
switch# ?
Exec commands:
attach
callhome
cd
clear
cli
clock
config
copy
debug
delete
dir
discover
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CLI Command Hierarchy Example
switch prompt (switch#)
configure
clock
interface
fspf
Add to/remove from a port-channel
EXEC command
Exit from this submode
Configure fcdomain parameters
Configure FSPF parameters
Negate a command or set its defaults
Configure remote span tunnel interface
Enable/disable an interface
Configure switchport parameters
32-1). From EXEC mode, you can enter configuration mode. Most of the
Connect to a specific linecard
Callhome commands
Change current directory
Reset functions
CLI commands
Manage the system clock
Enter configuration mode
Copy from one file to another
Debugging functions
Delete a file
List files in a directory
Discover information
EXEC mode
write erase
Configuration
zoneset
mode
Configuration
switchport
submode
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Using the CLI
exit
end
exit
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