Tutorial For Building A Command Using Help - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6450 Management Manual

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Tutorial for Building a Command Using Help

The Help feature allows you to figure out syntax for a CLI command by using a series of command line
inquiries together with some educated guesses. If you do not know the correct CLI command you can use
the Help feature to determine the syntax.
This tutorial shows you how to use help to find the CLI syntax to create a VLAN. This VLAN will be
given the ID number 33 and will be named "test vlan 2."
1 At the command prompt, enter vlan followed by a space and a question mark. The following is
displayed:
-> vlan ?
^
PORT NO IPMVLAN 802.1Q <vid> <vlan1-vlan2>
(Vlan Command Set)
The question mark character invokes the help feature, which displays keywords that can be used with the
vlan prefix. As you are setting up a new VLAN, you can presume the proper command for this task is
shown in the VLAN Manager Command Set. This set shows the possible keywords to follow the vlan
syntax.
Note. The presumptions you make while using the help feature are educated guesses. Whenever you make
a guess as to the next keyword, it is a good idea to enter the keyword followed by a space and a question
mark.
2 At the command prompt, enter the number 33 followed by a space and a question mark. This step
either gives you more choices or an error message.
-> vlan 33 ?
^
<cr> AUTHENTICATION DISABLE ENABLE NAME NO PORT ROUTER STP
(Vlan Manager Command Set)
BINDING DHCP IP MAC NO PORT PROTOCOL USER
(Group Mobility Command Set)
802.1Q NO
(Miscellaneous Command Set)
In this example, the question mark displays all keywords that can be used with the vlan 33 syntax. As you
are setting up a new VLAN, and want to give the VLAN a name, you can presume the proper syntax for
this task is NAME as shown in the VLAN Manager Command Set.
page 6-9 OmniSwitch 6250/6450 Switch Management Guide
Using the CLI
June 2013