iv
March 2005
Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting Optional System
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Specifying an Administrative Contact . . . . . . . 25
Specifying a System Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Specifying the Switch’s Location . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Viewing Your Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Saving Your Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Modifying the Serial Connection Settings . . . . . . . 26
CLI Basics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
CLI Assistance Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Syntax Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Command Line (?) Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Partial Keyword Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Deleting Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Inserting Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Previous Command Recall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Prefix Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Prefix Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Command History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Command Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Enabling Command Logging . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Common CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Offline Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Syntax Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Scheduling a Configuration File to be Applied at a
Later Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Generating Snapshots of the
Current Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Files and Directories
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Boot and Image Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
boot.params File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
boot.cfg File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Image Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Working and Certified Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Working Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Certified Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
How can I tell which directory the switch is
currently using? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Can I save changes to the Certified
directory? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
What happens when the switch boots? . . . .39
Working and Certified Are Identical . . . . .39
Working and Certified Are Different . . . . .40
My Working and Certified directories are
different. Can I force a reboot from the
Working directory? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Loading Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Non-Redundant Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Redundant Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using WebView
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Browser Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Required Image Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Logging In to WebView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Navigating WebView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
