User's Manual

Table Of Contents

Chapter 10 - Using The CLI Shell

Introduction

This chapter familiarizes the user with:

• Entering and leaving the CLI shell

• Viewing files contained in the RuggedSwitch™ File System

• Viewing and clearing log files

• Running a Loopback test

• Pinging remote devices

• Tracing the operation of certain protocols

• Viewing DHCP Learned Information Using Ipconfig

• Executing Commands Remotely Through RSH

• Resetting the switch

Note:

The operations described in this chapter are available to users at the guest, operator or

administrator security level. The XModem and TFTP file transfer utilities are available only to

operators and administrators and are described in the chapter “Upgrading Firmware And

Managing Configurations”. The SQL command is available to users at the administrator level

and is also described in “Upgrading Firmware And Managing Configurations”.

Entering And Leaving The Shell

You may enter the Command Line Interface (CLI) shell from any and all menus by

pressing <CTRL> S. Any menu operation in progress (such as changing a

configuration parameter) will be terminated. You may return to the menu system

by pressing <CTRL> S or entering “exit<CR>” at the shell prompt.

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