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About the Command Line InterfaceCommand Line Interface
The Cisco Command Line Interface (CLI) is built into the Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers, and is one of
the Operating System user interfaces described in About the Cisco Structured Wireless-Aware Network
.
The CLI allows operators to use a VT-100 emulator to locally or remotely configure, monitor and control
individual Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers, and to access extensive debugging capabilities.
Because the CLI works with one Cisco Wireless LAN Controller at a time, the Command Line Interface is
especially useful when you wish to configure or monitor a single Cisco Wireless LAN Controller.
The Cisco Wireless LAN Controller and its associated Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access points can be
configured and monitored using the Command Line Interface (CLI), which consists of a simple
text-based, tree-structured interface that allows up to five users with Telnet-capable terminal
emulators to simultaneously configure and monitor all aspects of the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller and
associated Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access points.
Refer to Using the Cisco SWAN CLI
and the Cisco SWAN CLI Reference for more information.