Administrator Guide

Contents
1 About this Guide............................................................................................................ 30
Audience.......................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Conventions..................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Information Symbols.........................................................................................................................................................30
Related Documents...........................................................................................................................................................31
2 Conguration Fundamentals..........................................................................................32
Accessing the Command Line.......................................................................................................................................... 32
CLI Modes........................................................................................................................................................................32
Navigating CLI Modes................................................................................................................................................ 33
The do Command.............................................................................................................................................................36
Undoing Commands.........................................................................................................................................................36
Obtaining Help..................................................................................................................................................................37
Entering and Editing Commands.......................................................................................................................................37
Command History............................................................................................................................................................ 38
Filtering show Command Outputs.................................................................................................................................... 38
Multiple Users in Conguration Mode...............................................................................................................................39
3 Getting Started..............................................................................................................41
Console Access................................................................................................................................................................ 42
Serial Console.............................................................................................................................................................42
External Serial Port with a USB Connector.................................................................................................................44
Accessing the CLI Interface and Running Scripts Using SSH........................................................................................... 44
Entering CLI commands Using an SSH Connection....................................................................................................44
Executing Local CLI Scripts Using an SSH Connection.............................................................................................. 44
Boot Process....................................................................................................................................................................45
Default Conguration....................................................................................................................................................... 46
Conguring a Host Name.................................................................................................................................................46
Conguring a Host Name................................................................................................................................................. 47
Accessing the System Remotely.......................................................................................................................................47
Accessing the MXL Switch Remotely.........................................................................................................................47
Congure the Management Port IP Address.............................................................................................................. 47
Congure a Management Route.................................................................................................................................48
Conguring a Username and Password...................................................................................................................... 48
Conguring the Enable Password.....................................................................................................................................48
Conguration File Management........................................................................................................................................49
Copy Files to and from the System............................................................................................................................ 49
Save the Running-Conguration................................................................................................................................ 50
Viewing Files............................................................................................................................................................... 51
Managing the File System................................................................................................................................................ 52
View the Command History..............................................................................................................................................53
Using HTTP for File Transfers.......................................................................................................................................... 53
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