Users Guide

Table Of Contents
10 Contents
Understanding the Device View . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Using the Device View Port Features
. . . . . . . . 174
Using the Device View Switch Locator Feature
. . 175
5 Using the Command-Line Interface . . . . 177
Accessing the Switch Through the CLI . . . . . . . . . 177
Console Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Telnet Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Understanding Command Modes
. . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Entering CLI Commands
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Using the Question Mark to Get Help
. . . . . . . . 181
Using Command Completion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Entering Abbreviated Commands
. . . . . . . . . . 182
Negating Commands
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Command Output Paging
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Understanding Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . 183
Recalling Commands from the History Buffer
. . . 183
6 Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
7 Setting the IP Address and Other Basic Network
Information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
IP Address and Network Information Overview . . . . 189
What Is the Basic Network Information?
. . . . . . 189
Why Is Basic Network Information Needed?
. . . 190
How Is Basic Network Information Configured?
. . 191
What Is Out-of-Band Management and In-Band
Management?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191