Users Guide
You can set user access rights to commands and command modes using privilege levels.
The Dell Networking OS CLI is divided into three major mode levels:
• EXEC mode is the default mode and has a privilege level of 1, which is the most restricted level. Only a limited selection of commands is 
available, notably the show commands, which allow you to view system information.
• EXEC Privilege mode has commands to view congurations, clear counters, manage conguration les, run diagnostics, and enable or 
disable debug operations. The privilege level is 15, which is unrestricted. You can congure a password for this mode; refer to the 
Congure the Enable Password section in the Getting Started chapter.
• CONFIGURATION mode allows you to congure security features, time settings, set logging and SNMP functions, congure static ARP 
and MAC addresses, and set line cards on the system.
Beneath CONFIGURATION mode are submodes that apply to interfaces, protocols, and features. The following example shows the 
submode command structure. Two sub-CONFIGURATION modes are important when conguring the chassis for the rst time:
• INTERFACE submode is the mode in which you congure Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols and IP services specic to an interface. An 
interface can be physical (Management interface, 1 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 25 Gigabit Ethernet, 40 Gigabit Ethernet, 50 
Gigabit Ethernet, or 100 Gigabit Ethernet) or logical (Loopback, Null, port channel, or virtual local area network [VLAN]).
• LINE submode is the mode in which you to congure the console and virtual terminal lines.
NOTE: At any time, entering a question mark (?) displays the available command options. For example, when you are in 
CONFIGURATION mode, entering the question mark rst lists all available commands, including the possible submodes.
The CLI modes are:
EXEC
 EXEC Privilege
 CONFIGURATION
 AS-PATH ACL
 CONTROL-PLANE
 CLASS-MAP
 DCB POLICY
 DHCP
 DHCP POOL
 ECMP-GROUP
 EXTENDED COMMUNITY
 FRRP
 INTERFACE
 GIGABIT ETHERNET
 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET
 40 GIGABIT ETHERNET
 25 Gigabit Ethernet
 50 Gigabit Ethernet
 INTERFACE RANGE
 LOOPBACK
 MANAGEMENT ETHERNET
 NULL
 PORT-CHANNEL
 TUNNEL 
 VLAN
 VRRP 
 IP
 IPv6
 IP COMMUNITY-LIST
 IP ACCESS-LIST
 STANDARD ACCESS-LIST
 EXTENDED ACCESS-LIST
 MAC ACCESS-LIST
 LINE
 AUXILLIARY
 CONSOLE
 VIRTUAL TERMINAL
 LLDP
 LLDP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
 MONITOR SESSION
 MULTIPLE SPANNING TREE
 OPENFLOW INSTANCE
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