Administrator Guide

Contents
1 About this Guide...........................................................................................................................................36
Audience........................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Conventions......................................................................................................................................................................36
Related Documents......................................................................................................................................................... 36
2 Configuration Fundamentals........................................................................................................................ 37
Accessing the Command Line........................................................................................................................................37
CLI Modes.........................................................................................................................................................................37
Navigating CLI Modes...............................................................................................................................................39
The do Command............................................................................................................................................................ 42
Undoing Commands........................................................................................................................................................ 42
Obtaining Help..................................................................................................................................................................43
Entering and Editing Commands................................................................................................................................... 43
Command History............................................................................................................................................................44
Filtering show Command Outputs.................................................................................................................................44
Example of the grep Keyword..................................................................................................................................44
Multiple Users in Configuration Mode...........................................................................................................................45
3 Getting Started........................................................................................................................................... 46
Console Access................................................................................................................................................................ 47
Serial Console............................................................................................................................................................. 47
Accessing the CLI Interface and Running Scripts Using SSH................................................................................... 48
Entering CLI commands Using an SSH Connection..............................................................................................48
Executing Local CLI Scripts Using an SSH Connection........................................................................................48
Default Configuration...................................................................................................................................................... 49
Configuring a Host Name............................................................................................................................................... 49
Accessing the System Remotely................................................................................................................................... 49
Accessing the System Remotely............................................................................................................................. 49
Configure the Management Port IP Address.........................................................................................................50
Configure a Management Route............................................................................................................................. 50
Configuring a Username and Password..................................................................................................................50
Configuring the Enable Password.................................................................................................................................. 51
Configuration File Management..................................................................................................................................... 51
Copy Files to and from the System..........................................................................................................................51
Mounting an NFS File System..................................................................................................................................52
Save the Running-Configuration............................................................................................................................. 54
Configure the Overload Bit for a Startup Scenario...............................................................................................54
Viewing Files...............................................................................................................................................................54
Compressing Configuration Files.............................................................................................................................55
Managing the File System.............................................................................................................................................. 58
Enabling Software Features on Devices Using a Command Option.........................................................................58
View Command History.................................................................................................................................................. 59
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