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Contents
1 About this Guide...........................................................................................................................................36
Audience........................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Conventions......................................................................................................................................................................36
Related Documents......................................................................................................................................................... 36
2 Conguration Fundamentals........................................................................................................................ 37
Accessing the Command Line........................................................................................................................................ 37
CLI Modes.........................................................................................................................................................................37
Navigating CLI Modes............................................................................................................................................... 39
The do Command............................................................................................................................................................ 42
Undoing Commands........................................................................................................................................................ 43
Obtaining Help..................................................................................................................................................................43
Entering and Editing Commands....................................................................................................................................43
Command History............................................................................................................................................................ 44
Filtering show Command Outputs................................................................................................................................. 44
Multiple Users in Conguration Mode...........................................................................................................................46
3 Getting Started............................................................................................................................................47
Console Access................................................................................................................................................................ 47
Serial Console.............................................................................................................................................................48
Mounting an NFS File System........................................................................................................................................49
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................49
Default Conguration...................................................................................................................................................... 50
Conguring a Host Name............................................................................................................................................... 50
Accessing the System Remotely.................................................................................................................................... 51
Accessing the System Remotely.............................................................................................................................. 51
Congure the Management Port IP Address..........................................................................................................51
Congure a Management Route...............................................................................................................................51
Conguring a Username and Password.................................................................................................................. 52
Conguring the Enable Password..................................................................................................................................53
Manage Conguration Files............................................................................................................................................53
File Storage.................................................................................................................................................................53
Copy Files to and from the System......................................................................................................................... 54
Save the Running-Conguration............................................................................................................................. 55
Congure the Overload Bit for a Startup Scenario............................................................................................... 55
Viewing Files...............................................................................................................................................................55
Changes in Conguration Files.................................................................................................................................56
Viewing Command History..............................................................................................................................................57
Upgrading the Dell Networking OS................................................................................................................................57
4 Switch Management....................................................................................................................................58
Conguring Privilege Levels........................................................................................................................................... 58
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