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Performing the Initial Configuration
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To access the command-line interface
1.
Log on to the appliance by using a command-line connection (SSH,
console, or Telnet) over a TCP/IP network as an admin, cadmin, or
monitor user:
„
If you log in as a cadmin (cluster administrator) user, you can change
and view configuration settings on all the cluster nodes. For
information about how to administer a cluster, see the traffic
management commands section in the
CLI Reference Guide for the
version of IPSO you are using.
2.
If you log in as a monitor user, you can execute only the show form of
commands. That is, you can view configuration settings, but you cannot
change them.
You can now execute CLI commands from the CLI shell and the IPSO shell.
The IPSO shell is what you see when you initially log on to the platform.
For more information about how to access and use the CLI, see the Nokia CLI
Reference Guide for the version of IPSO you are using.
Execute from To Implement Purpose
IPSO command
line Enter the following command
to invoke the CLI shell:
clish
The prompt changes, and you
can then enter CLI commands.
Enter any CLI commands in an
interactive mode with help text
and other helpful CLI features.
IPSO command
line Enter
clish -c
“
cli-command”
Execute a single CLI
command. You must place
double-quotation marks
around the CLI command.
Command files From inside the CLI shell, enter
load commands
filename
Load commands from a text
file that contains commands.
The argument must be the
name of a regular file.