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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
OL-16597-01
Chapter 1 Using the Command-Line Interface
Using CLI Variables
Using CLI Variables
The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series CLI parser supports the definition and use of variables in CLI commands.
CLI variables can be used as follows:
•
Entered directly on the command line.
•
Passed to the child script initiated using the
run-script
command.
The variables defined in the parent shell are available for use in the child
run-script
command
process (see the
“Executing Commands Specified in a Script” section on page 1-11
).
•
Passed as command line arguments to the
run-script
command (see the
Specified in a Script” section on page 1-11
).
CLI variables have the following characteristics:
•
You cannot reference a variable through another variable using nested references.
•
You can define persistent variables that are available across switch reloads.
•
You can reference only one predefined system variable, which is the TIMESTAMP variable.
User-Defined Persistent CLI Variables
You can define CLI session variables to persist only for the duration of your CLI session using the
cli
var name
command in EXEC mode. CLI session variables are useful for scripts that you execute
periodically.
The following example shows how to create a user-defined CLI session variable:
switch#
cli var name testinterface fc 1/1
You can reference a variable using the syntax
$(variable)
. The following example shows how to
reference a user-defined CLI session variable:
switch#
show interface $(testinterface)
fc2/1 is up
Hardware is Fibre Channel, SFP is short wave laser w/o OFC (SN)
Port WWN is 20:01:00:0d:ec:0e:1d:00
Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on
snmp traps are enabled
Port mode is F, FCID is 0x01000b
Port vsan is 1
Speed is 2 Gbps
Transmit B2B Credit is 7
Receive B2B Credit is 16
Receive data field Size is 2112
Beacon is turned off
5 minutes input rate 256 bits/sec, 32 bytes/sec, 1 frames/sec
5 minutes output rate 256 bits/sec, 32 bytes/sec, 1 frames/sec
232692 frames input, 7447280 bytes
0 discards, 0 errors
Zone
zone name
string
vsan
vsan-id
switch(config-zone)#
Zone set
zoneset name
name
vsan
vsan-id
switch(config-zoneset)#
Table 1-3
Common Configuration Submodes (continued)
Submode Name
From Configuration Mode, Enter:
Submode Prompt