3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide
Chapter 3 Command Line Interface
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Chapter 3 Command Line Interface
3.1 Command Line Interface
The Switch 8800 provides a series of configuration commands and command line
interfaces for configuring and managing the switch. The command line interface has
the following characteristics:
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Local configuration via the Console port and AUX port.
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Local or remote configuration via Telnet.
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Remote configuration through dialing with modem via the AUX port.
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Hierarchy command protection to avoid the unauthorized users accessing switch.
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Enter a “?” to get immediate online help.
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Provide network testing commands, such as Tracert and Ping, to fast troubleshoot
the network.
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Provide various detailed debugging information to help with network
troubleshooting.
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Log in and manage other switch directly, using the Telnet command.
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Provide FTP service for the users to upload and download files.
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Provide the function similar to Doskey to execute a history command.
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The command line interpreter searches for target not fully matching the keywords.
It is ok for you to key in the whole keyword or part of it, as long as it is unique and
not ambiguous.
3.2 Command Line View
The Switch 8800 provides hierarchy protection for the command lines to avoid
unauthorized user accessing illegally.
Commands are classified into four levels, namely visit level, monitoring level,
configuration level and management level. They are introduced as follows:
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Visit level: Commands of this level involve command of network diagnosis tool
(such as
ping
and
tracert
), command of switch between different language
environments of user interface (
language-mode
) and
telnet
command etc. The
operation of saving configuration file is not allowed on this level of commands.
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Monitoring level: Commands of this level, including the
display
command and the
debugging
command, are used to system maintenance, service fault diagnosis,
etc. The operation of saving configuration file is not allowed on this level of
commands.
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Configuration level: Service configuration commands, including routing command
and commands on each network layer, are used to provide direct network service
to the user.
