Administrator Guide

Dell EMC Networking CLI 97

Dell EMC Networking CLI

Dell EMC Networking N1100-ON/N1500/N2000/N2100-

ON/N3000/N3100-ON/N4000 Series Switches

Introduction

The Command Line Interface (CLI) is a network management application

operated through an ASCII terminal without the use of a Graphic User

Interface (GUI) driven software application. By directly entering commands,

the user has greater configuration flexibility. The CLI is a basic command-line

interpreter with command-line completion, in-line syntax help, and prior

command recall.

A switch can be configured and maintained by entering commands from the

CLI, which is based solely on textual input and output with commands being

entered by a terminal keyboard and the output displayed as text via a terminal

monitor. The CLI can be accessed from a console terminal connected to an

RS-232 port or through a Telnet/SSH session. Serial communication via a

dedicated USB port is available on the N1100-ON Series switch.

This guide describes how the CLI is structured, describes the command

syntax, and describes the command functionality.

This guide also provides guidelines for configuring the Dell EMC Networking

switch, and provides limited configuration examples. Basic installation is

described in the User’s Guide and must be completed before using this

document.

This document applies to the following switch firmware versions:

• Version 6.3.0.x—N2000, N3000, and N4000 Series switches

• Version 6.3.5.x—N3100-ON Series switches

• Version 6.3.6.x—N2100-ON, and N3100-ON Series switches

• Version 6.4.x.x—N1100-ON Series switches