Catalyst Command-Line Interface; Rom-Monitor Command-Line Interface - Cisco WS-C6506 Software Manual

Command-Line Interfaces
This chapter describes the command-line interface (CLI) that you use to configure the Catalyst 6500
series switch modules. For descriptions of all switch and ROM monitor commands, refer to the
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference publication.
For a description of the ATM Cisco IOS CLI and commands, refer to the ATM Software Configuration
Note
Guide and Command Reference—Catalyst 5000 Family and 6000 Family Switches publication.
This chapter consists of these sections:
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Catalyst Command-Line Interface

These sections describe the Catalyst CLI:
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ROM-Monitor Command-Line Interface

The ROM monitor is a ROM-based program that executes upon platform power-up, reset, or when a fatal
exception occurs. The system enters ROM-monitor mode if the switch does not find a valid system
image, if the NVRAM configuration is corrupted, or if the configuration register is set to enter
ROM-monitor mode. From the ROM-monitor mode, you can load a system image manually from Flash
memory, from a network server file, or from bootflash.
You can enter ROM-monitor mode by restarting the switch and pressing the Break key during the first
60 seconds of startup.
The Break key is always enabled for 60 seconds after rebooting the system, regardless of whether the
Note
Break key is configured to be off by configuration register settings.
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MSFC Command-Line Interface, page 2-8
ROM-Monitor Command-Line Interface, page 2-1
Switch Command-Line Interface, page 2-2
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