Navigation Of The Cli Command Tree - HP Surestore 64 - Director Switch User Manual

Note that the order in which commands are entered determines the order in which the
show commands display the values. Refer to Chapter 2, CLI Commands for examples of
show commands output.

Navigation of the CLI Command Tree

Once the Administrator or Operator logs in and receives the Root> prompt, the CLI
commands are accessed by navigating up and down the CLI command tree.
To move from the root through the any of the four extended branches, enter the name of
the next branch as shown in Table 2, Command Line Interface Command Tree. For
example, to use the config.port.name command to configure the name for port 4 on the
switch, this series of commands is entered:
Root>
config
Config>
port
Config.Port>
At this point, to enter the maint.port.beacon command to set the beaconing state of port 4,
the following series of commands is entered:
Config.Port>
Config>
..
Root>
maint
Maint>
port
Maint.Port>
Note that you must return all the way to the root of the tree to transition to another
extended branch. When traversing back to the root, the name of each branch cannot be
used. Instead use the double-dot command (two periods) to move back towards the root.
Note that only one double-dot command may be entered at a time.
One approach to making the navigation more concise is to use the root command to jump
directly to the root of the CLI command tree. The previous example, which shows stepping
back to the root with the double-dot command, is simplified as follows:
8 Entering Command Line Interface Commands
name 4 "Sam's Tape Drive"
..
beacon 4 true