DELL PC6224F User Manual

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Command Groups
Introduction
The Command Line Interface (CLI) is a network management application 
operated through an ASCII terminal without the use of a Graphic User 
Interface (GUI) driven software application. By directly entering commands, 
the user has greater configuration flexibility. The CLI is a basic command-line 
interpreter similar to the UNIX C shell.
A switch can be configured and maintained by entering commands from the 
CLI, which is based solely on textual input and output with commands being 
entered by a terminal keyboard and the output displayed as text via a terminal 
monitor. The CLI can be accessed from a console terminal connected to an 
EIA/TIA-232 port or through a Telnet session.
This guide describes how the CLI is structured, describes the command 
syntax, and describes the command functionality.
This guide also provides information for configuring the PowerConnect 
switch, details the procedures, and provides configuration examples. Basic 
installation configuration is described in the 
User’s Guide and must be 
completed before using this document.
Command Groups
The system commands can be broken down into three sets of functional 
groups, Layers 2, Layer 3, and Utility.
Table 1-1. System Command Groups
Command Group
Description
Configures connection security including authorization 
and passwords.
Configures and displays ACL information.