McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem User Guide (AA-RW20B-TE, December 2005)

114 Command Line Interface

Admin command

Description Starts and ends an Admin session. The Admin session allows commands that change the fabric and

switch configurations. Only one Admin session can be started on the switch at any time. An idle

Admin session will time out after a period of time (the default is 30 minutes) which can be changed

using the Set Setup System command.

Authority Admin

Syntax

admin

start (or begin)

end (or stop)

cancel

Operands

start or begin

Opens the Admin session.

end (or stop)

Terminates the Admin session. The Hardreset, Hotreset, Logout, Shutdown, and

Reset Switch commands will also end an Admin session. The Set Setup System

command will also end an Admin session if the IP address changed.

cancel

Terminates an Admin session opened by another user. Use this operand with care because it

terminates the Admin session without warning the other user and without saving pending

changes.

Notes Closing a Telnet window during an Admin session does not release the session. In this case, you

must either wait for the Admin session to time out, or use the Admin Cancel command.

Examples The following example shows how to open and close an Admin session:

McDATA4GbSAN #> admin start

McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #>

McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> admin end

McDATA4GbSAN #>