Users Guide
Contents
1 About this Guide...........................................................................................................................................34
Audience............................................................................................................................................................................34
Conventions......................................................................................................................................................................34
Related Documents......................................................................................................................................................... 34
2 Configuration Fundamentals........................................................................................................................35
Accessing the Command Line........................................................................................................................................35
CLI Modes.........................................................................................................................................................................35
Navigating CLI Modes............................................................................................................................................... 37
The do Command............................................................................................................................................................ 39
Undoing Commands........................................................................................................................................................ 40
Obtaining Help..................................................................................................................................................................40
Entering and Editing Commands.................................................................................................................................... 41
Command History............................................................................................................................................................42
Filtering show Command Outputs.................................................................................................................................42
Example of the grep Keyword..................................................................................................................................42
Multiple Users in Configuration Mode...........................................................................................................................43
3 Getting Started........................................................................................................................................... 44
Console Access................................................................................................................................................................45
Serial Console.............................................................................................................................................................45
Default Configuration...................................................................................................................................................... 46
Configuring a Host Name............................................................................................................................................... 46
Accessing the System Remotely................................................................................................................................... 46
Accessing the System Remotely............................................................................................................................. 47
Configure the Management Port IP Address.........................................................................................................47
Configure a Management Route..............................................................................................................................47
Configuring a Username and Password..................................................................................................................47
Configuring the Enable Password................................................................................................................................. 48
Configuration File Management.....................................................................................................................................48
Copy Files to and from the System.........................................................................................................................48
Mounting an NFS File System..................................................................................................................................49
Save the Running-Configuration..............................................................................................................................51
Configure the Overload Bit for a Startup Scenario................................................................................................51
Viewing Files................................................................................................................................................................51
Managing the File System.............................................................................................................................................. 52
View Command History.................................................................................................................................................. 53
Upgrading Dell Networking OS...................................................................................................................................... 53
Using HTTP for File Transfers....................................................................................................................................... 53
Verify Software Images Before Installation..................................................................................................................54
4 Management............................................................................................................................................... 56
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