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Chapter 7: Using the CLI Utility 107
In contrast, the command (as in: set network interface eth0 address <IPaddress>) is used to
set
specify the IP address for the eth0 Ethernet interface. In that case, the command is used because
set
each interface has only one IP address.
Adding certain parameters causes one or more related parameters to be added to the subtree. For
example, when an IP address is added to the hosts list, empty hostname and alias parameters are
also added. For some parameters, a set of meaningful default values are assigned. For empty
parameters, the or commands list the parameter names without any values.
get show
You must add parameters in a prescribed order. For example, because an empty hostname and alias
parameters are created when you add a host's IP address, you cannot add a host by name before
specifying the host's IP address, and you cannot specify the host name at the same time as its IP
address. To specify a name or alias for a host you need to add the host first by adding its IP address,
then you need to use the command to specify its name and alias.
set
Synopsis
add parameter(s) value(s)
Examples
cli> set network hosts 192.168.160.11 name fruitbat
'name' doesn't make sense in its context.
[set network hosts 192.168.160.11 name fruitbat] Failed: Invalid input
cli> get network hosts 192.168.160.11 name
Words 4 and following were ignored.
cli> add network hosts 192.168.160.11
OK
cli> get network hosts 192.168.160.11
network hosts 192.168.160.11 name
network hosts 192.168.160.11 alias
cli> set network hosts 192.168.160.11 name fruitbat alias fbat
OK
cli> get network hosts 192.168.160.11
network hosts 192.168.160.11 name: fruitbat
network hosts 192.168.160.11 alias: fbat
Parameters that can be added
The following table shows the parameters that can be added using the command. Table 7.3 on
add
page 116 shows additional parameters and values that must be set for each parameter after the
parameter is added. When a parameter is shown in the Parameter Level 2 column, the Parameter
Level 1 and Parameter Level 2 parameters must be entered together with the command; for
add