CLI Reference Guide

 Normal Font indicates a constant (several options are enumerated and only one can be

selected). For example: switchport type { access | trunk | general }

 Italic Font indicates a variable (an actual value must be assigned). For example: bridge

aging-time aging-time

1.4.2 Special Characters

You should pay attentions to the description below if the variable is a character string:

 These six characters ” < > , \ & cannot be input.

 If a blank is contained in a character string, single or double quotation marks should be used,

for example ’hello world’, ”hello world”, and the words in the quotation marks will be identified

as a string. Otherwise, the words will be identified as several strings.

1.4.3 Parameter Format

Some parameters must be entered in special formats which are shown as follows:

 MAC Address must be entered in the format of xx:xx:xx: xx: xx:xx.

 One or several values can be typed for a port-list or a vlan-list using comma to separate. Use a

hyphen to designate a range of values, for instance,1/0/1,1/0/3-5,1/0/7 indicates choosing port

1/0/1,1/0/3,1/0/4,1/0/5,1/0/7.

 The port number should format as 1/0/3, meaning unit/slot/port. The unit number is always 1,

and slot number is always 0 and the port number is a variable (an actual value must be

assigned).