Configuration Commands And The Context Configuration Modes - HP procurve 420 Management And Configuration Manual

Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)
Using the CLI
HP420(config)# interface ethernet
HP420(if-ethernet)#
HP420(if-ethernet)#?
HP420(if-ethernet)#?
Configure commands:
dns
end
exit
help
ip
no
show
shutdown
speed-duplex
HP420(if-ethernet)#
Figure 3-6. Context-Specific Commands Affecting Ethernet Interface Context
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Configuration Commands and the Context
Configuration Modes
You can execute basic configuration commands in the global configuration
mode. However, you must use a context mode to execute context-specific
commands.
The configuration options include interface (ethernet or wireless) context
modes:
Ethernet Context . Includes interface-specific commands that apply only
to the Ethernet interface. The prompt for this mode includes the identity of
the Ethernet interface:
DNS Server settings
Return to previous mode
Exit to the EXEC mode
Description of the help system
Set IP
Negate
Show Ethernet interface
Shutdown the interface
Set ethernet speed/duplex mode
Command executed at configuration
level for entering Ethernet interface
context.
Resulting prompt showing Ethernet
interface context.
Lists the commands you can use in the
Ethernet interface context.
In the Ethernet context, the commands in the "?" listing show
the context-specific commands that will affect only the
Ethernet interface.