A-12 APPENDIX A: CLI COMMAND DESCRIPTION
set bridge aging_time <seconds>
forward_delay <seconds>
spanning_tree_priority <seconds>
Sets parameters for all bridge networks.
set command history <numerical range>
idle timout <minutes>
local_prompt <string>
prompt <string>
login_required Enables or disables CLI password protection.
password The CLI password. It must consist of 1 to 8 alphanumeric (printable) characters,
inclusive.
Sets console parameters for CLI commands.
set date <date> Sets the system date, and leaves the time unchanged. Use show date to see what
the current settings are. The format is: dd-mmm-yyyy. The month should be the
first three characters of the month name. The year can be either 2 or 4 digits - 99
or 1999.
set facility
<facility_name>
loglevel [level]
Sets the severity reporting level for a facility. The hosts that will receive the error
log entries are defined using add syslog loglevel. Use list facilities to see what the
current loglevel is for each facility. The levels:
■ CRITICAL - a serious system error, which may effect system integrity
Parameters Description
aging_time Interval to wait before aging out MAC addresses that were learned from
other LAN segments. The default is 300.
forward_delay Interval bridge waits before bridging packets. This time is useful for the
bridge to listen to packets, look at the MAC addresses, and build its known
MAC address table. Default is 15 seconds.
spanning_tree_
priority
Priority number determines who will be seen as the “root” bridge in a bridge
network. The default is 32768.
Parameters Description
history <numerical range> Sets the depth of the buffer holding the command history. Use the
history command to see the current depth and a list of your last CLI
commands. The default is 10 commands. Range: 1-500.
prompt <string> Sets the global command prompt for the CLI. Use show com
mand to see the currently defined prompt. Limit: 64 characters.
local_prompt <string> Sets a separate prompt for a command file process. Limit: 64
characters.
login_required [YES | NO] Set to YES if CLI console passwording is enabled.
password <alphanumeric
string>
The CLI password, up to 8 characters