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OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide March 2005 page 5-1
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:
• “CLI Overview” on page 5-2
• “Command Entry Rules and Syntax” on page 5-3
• “CLI Services” on page 5-9
• “Logging CLI Commands and Entry Results” on page 5-15