Quick Reference Guide

PowerConnect B-Series TI24X Configuration Guide iii
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Contents
About This Document
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi
Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi
Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxxii
Notes, cautions, and danger notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxxii
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxii
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxxii
Getting technical help or reporting errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii
Chapter 1 Getting Familiar with Management Applications
Using the management port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
How the management port works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
CLI Commands for use with the management port. . . . . . . . . . . 1
Logging on through the CLI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
On-line help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Command completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Scroll control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Line editing commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using and port number with CLI commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CLI nomenclature on PowerConnectdevices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Searching and filtering output from CLI commands . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using special characters in regular expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Creating an alias for a CLI command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Logging on through Brocade Network Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2 Configuring Basic Software Features
Configuring basic system parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Entering system administration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Configuring Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Disabling Syslog messages and traps for CLI access . . . . . . . . 16
Configuring an interface as the source for all Telnet packets . 17
Cancelling an outbound Telnet session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Specifying a Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) server. . . .18
Setting the system clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Limiting broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast traffic. . . 21