Online Help; Keyboard Shortcuts; Accessing The Cli - Qlogic 12000 Series Reference Manual

Switch Command Line Interface

Online Help

Online Help
The online help for the CLI provides, for each command, all necessary information
to successfully execute the command. For example, typing help list (can also type
list help) displays the following information for the list command:
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
NOTES

Keyboard Shortcuts

The CLI keeps a history of recently executed commands. This history is
available via the Up and Down arrow keys.
Users may edit the current command with the Left and Right arrow keys.
Tab completion: pressing the Tab key after typing at least one character
either completes a command or lists all the available commands that begin
with the characters already typed.

Accessing the CLI

NOTE:
1. Telnet to the IP address of the switch (the default IP address is 192.168.100.9)
with the following command:
telnet <IP ADDRESS>
2. The system prompts for a username. The CLI has the following default user
names:
Type the appropriate username and press Enter.
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list
list [group] [-noprompt] [-verbose]
List available commands.
group - List the commands in that particular group
-noprompt - Just list the command groups.
-verbose - Print full help for each command, instead of summary.
Specify the group name or use 'all' to list all available commands.
The CLI can be accessed via Telnet, SSH, or through the switch RS232
serial port. The following instructions use Telnet.
Operator access: operator
Administrator access: admin
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