Nortel Switched Firewall 2.3.3 User’s Guide and Command Reference
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The Command Line Interface
213455-L, October 2005
Using the Command Line Interface
Basic operation
Using the CLI, Nortel Switched Firewall administration is performed in the following manner:
The administrator selects from a series of menu and sub-menu items, and modifies
parameters to create the desired configuration.
Most changes are considered pending and are not immediately put into effect or
permanently saved. Only a few types of changes take effect when entered: changes to
users and passwords.
The global
cur
command can be used to view the current settings for the commands in
the current menu.
In order to save changes and make them take effect, the administrator must use the global
apply
command. This allows the administrator to make an entire series of changes and
then put them into effect all at once.
The global
diff
command can be used to view pending changes before they are applied.
To clear all pending changes, the administrator can use the global
revert
command and
then continue the configuration session, or the global
exit
command to logout from the
system. Closing your remote session will also discard pending changes, though exiting
manually is preferred.
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When multiple CLI or BBI administrator sessions are open at the same time, only
pending changes made during your current session will be affected by the
diff
,
revert
, or
exit
commands. However, if multiple CLI or BBI administrators apply changes to the same
set of parameters concurrently, the latest applied changes take precedence.