Conventions Used; Cli Help; Command Line Prompt - Avaya P460 Reference Manual

Chapter 1 Using the CLI

Conventions Used

• Mandatory keywords are in the computer bold font.
• Information displayed on screen is displayed in computer font.
• Variables that you supply are in pointed brackets <>.
• Optional keywords are in square brackets [].
• Alternative but mandatory keywords are grouped in braces {} and separated by
a vertical bar |.
• Lists of parameters from which you should choose are enclosed in square
brackets [ ] and separated by a vertical bar |.
• If you enter an alphanumeric string of two words or more, enclose the string in
inverted commas.

CLI Help

• To display all commands available in a context type a question mark.
• To display all commands starting with a certain string, type the first few letters
followed by a question mark.
• To get help containing all commands parameters with their legal values as well
as its syntax and an example:
—
unique, or
— type "help" followed by the command
• Use the Tab key to complete an unambiguous command.

Command Line Prompt

Four factors affect the command line prompt:
• Host name of the CLI entity - the host name is used as the prefix of the
command prompt (refer to hostname command on page 29 for the Switch CLI
entity; refer to hostname command on page 30 for the Router CLI entity).
• Module Number - counting from the top and used as part of the prefix. In this
document the Module number in the prompt is generic and is represented by
"N".
• Security level - used as the suffix of the prompt (Refer to Security Level on
page 9.)
• Application context - used as body of the prompt, this part is not mandatory.
Example:
Host name of the router is London
Router is module number three
Application context is OSPF
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type a question mark at the end of command or at the stage where it is
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