BLADE OS™ ISCLI Reference HP GbE2c L2/L3 Ethernet Blade Switch Version 5.1 Advanced Functionality Software

BLADE OS 5.1 ISCLI Reference
BMD00115, August 2009 Chapter 1: ISCLI Basics
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Accessing the ISCLI
The first time you start the switch, it boots into BLADE OS CLI. To access the ISCLI, enter the
following command and reset the switch:
To access the BLADE OS CLI, enter the following command from the ISCLI and reload the switch:
The switch retains your CLI selection, even when you reset the configuration to factory defaults.
The CLI boot mode is not part of the configuration settings.
If you downgrade the switch software to an earlier release, it will boot into BLADE OS CLI.
However, the switch retains the CLI boot mode, and will restore your CLI choice.
ISCLI Command Modes
The ISCLI has three major command modes listed in order of increasing privileges, as follows:
 User EXEC mode
This is the initial mode of access. By default, password checking is disabled for this mode, on
console.
 Privileged EXEC mode
This mode is accessed from User EXEC mode. This mode can be accessed using the following
command: enable
 Global Configuration mode
This mode allows you to make changes to the running configuration. If you save the
configuration, the settings survive a reload of the switch. Several sub-modes can be accessed
from the Global Configuration mode. For more details, see Table 3.
Each command mode provides a specific set of commands. The command set of each
higher-privilege mode is a superset of the lower-privilege mode(s). All commands available in
lower-lower-privilege modes are available in the higher-privilege modes.
Table 3 lists the ISCLI command modes.
Main# boot/mode iscli
Router(config)# boot cli-mode bladeos-cli