SMC Networks TigerSwitch 1000, Management Manual

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NTERING
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OMMANDS
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2. At the prompt, enter the user name and system password. The CLI will
display the “Vty-
n #” prompt for the administrator to show that you are
using privileged access mode (i.e., Privileged Exec), or “Vty- n >” for the
guest to show that you are using normal access mode (i.e., Normal
Exec), where
n indicates the number of the current Telnet session.
3. Enter the necessary commands to complete your desired tasks.
4. When finished, exit the session with the “quit” or “exit” command.
After entering the Telnet command, the login screen displays:
Note: You can open up to four sessions to the device via Telnet.
Entering Commands
This section describes how to enter CLI commands.
Keywords and Arguments
A CLI command is a series of keywords and arguments. Keywords identify
a command, and arguments specify configuration parameters. For
example, in the command “show interfaces status ethernet 1/5,”
show
interfaces and status are keywords, ethernet is an argument that specifies
the interface type, and 1/5 specifies the unit/port.
You can enter commands as follows:
• To enter a simple command, enter the command keyword.
Username: admin
Password:
CLI session with the SMC8748L2 is opened.
To end the CLI session, enter [Exit].
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