DELL PC7024 User Manual

Command Groups

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/SSH 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.

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