Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions omniswitch User Manual

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OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide
March 2005
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5   Using the CLI
Alcatel’s Command line interface (CLI) is a text-based configuration interface that allows you to 
configure switch applications and to view switch statistics. Each CLI command applicable to the switch is 
defined in the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide. All command descriptions listed in the Reference Guide 
include command syntax definitions, defaults, usage guidelines, example screen output and release history. 
This chapter describes various rules and techniques that will help you use the CLI to its best advantage. 
This chapter includes the following sections: