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Use the
clock datetime
time date
command as an example to understand the meaning of the command
line parameters according to
Figure 2
Read command line parameters
For example, you can type the following command line at the CLI of your device and press
Enter
to set
the device system time to 10 o'clock 30 minutes 20 seconds, February 23, 2010.
<sysname> clock datetime 10:30:20 2/23/2010
You can read any command that is more complicated by referring to
Undo form of a command
The
undo
form of a command restores the default, disables a function, or removes a configuration.
Almost all configuration commands have an
undo
form. For example, the
info-center enable
command
enables the information center, and the
undo info-center enable
command disables the information
center.
CLI view description
Commands are grouped into different classes by function. To use a command, you must enter the class
view of the command.
CLI views adopt a hierarchical structure. See
.
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After logging in to the switch, you are in user view. The prompt of user view is <
device name
>. In
user view, you can perform display, debugging, and file management operations, set the system
time, restart your device, and perform FTP and telnet operations.
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You can enter system view from user view. In system view, you can configure parameters such as
daylight saving time, banners, and short-cut keys.
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From system view, you can enter different function views. For example, enter interface view to
configure interface parameters, create a VLAN and enter its view, enter user interface view to
configure login user attributes, create a local user and enter local user view to configure the
password and level of the local user.
NOTE:
Enter
?
in any view to display all the commands that can be executed in this view.
Boldface
: Keywords
Italic
: Arguments.
Replace them with
actual values at the
CLI.
clock datetime
time date
