Opening And Closing An Admin Session; Entering Commands; Command-Line Completion - HP StorageWorks 8/20q Command Line Interface Manual

To log in to a switch through the serial port:
1. Configure the workstation port with the following settings:
• 9,600 baud
• 8-bit character
• 1 stop bit
• No parity
2. Enter an account name and password when prompted. The default account name is admin, and the
password is password.
NOTE: A switch supports a combined maximum of 19 logins or sessions, which are reserved as follows:
• 4 logins or sessions for internal applications, such as management server and Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP)
• 9 high priority Telnet sessions
• 6 logins or sessions for Simple SAN Connection Manager (SSCM) inband and out-of-band logins,
QuickTools logins, Enterprise Fabric Management Suite logins, and Telnet logins.
Additional logins will be refused.

Opening and closing an admin session

The command line interface performs monitoring and configuration tasks. Commands that perform
monitoring tasks are available to all user accounts. Commands that perform configuration tasks are
available only after entering the admin start command to open an Admin session. A user account must
have Admin authority to enter the admin start command.
The following is an example of how to open and close an Admin session:
8/20q FC Switch #> admin start
8/20q FC Switch (admin) #>
.
.
.
8/20q FC Switch (admin) #> admin end

Entering commands

The command-line completion feature makes entering and repeating commands easier.
the command-line completion keystrokes.
Table 1

Command-line completion

Keystroke
Tab
Up Arrow
Down Arrow
Control-A
Control-E
Control-U
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Effect
Completes the command line. Enter at least one character and press the
tab key to complete the command line. If more than one possibility
exists, press the Tab key again to display all possibilities.
Scrolls backward through the list of previously entered commands.
Scrolls forward through the list of previously entered commands.
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line
Moves the cursor to the end of the command line.
Clears the command line.
Table 1 describes