Introduction
Editing Features
Cisco 220 Series Smart Plus Switches Command Line Interface Reference Guide Release 1.0.0.x
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Editing Features
Entering Commands
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
gi1
, show, interfaces, and status are keywords,
gi
is an argument that specifies the interface type, and
1
specifies the port.
To enter the commands that require parameters, enter the required parameters
after the command keyword. For example, to set a password for the administrator,
enter:
switchxxxxxx(config)#
username admin secret Nn148279
When working with the CLI, the command options are not displayed. The standard
command to request help is ?.
There are two instances where help information can be displayed:
•
Keyword lookup—The character ? is entered in place of a command. A list
of all valid commands and corresponding help messages are displayed.
{ }
In a command line, curly brackets indicate a selection
of compulsory parameters separated with the |
character. One option must be selected. For example,
flowcontrol {auto | on | off} means that for the
flowcontrol
command, either
auto
,
on
, or
off
must be
selected.
parameter
Italic text indicates a parameter.
bold
Command names and keywords are shown in bold.
italics
Variables and arguments are shown in
italics
.
press key
Names of keys to be pressed are shown in bold.
Ctrl+F4
Keys separated by the + character are to be pressed
simultaneously on the keyboard.
Screen Display
Fixed-width font indicates CLI prompts, CLI commands
entered by the user, and system messages displayed
on the console.
