Contents 9
Using the Device View Switch Locator
Feature
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5 Using the Command-Line Interface. . . . 135
Accessing the Switch Through the CLI . . . . . . . . . 135
Console Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Telnet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Understanding Command Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Entering CLI Commands
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Using the Question Mark to Get Help
. . . . . . . 139
Using Command Completion
. . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Entering Abbreviated Commands . . . . . . . . . 140
Negating Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Command Output Paging
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Understanding Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 141
Recalling Commands from the History Buffer . . . 141
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6 Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
7 Setting the IP Address and Other
Basic Network Information
. . . . . . . . . . 147
IP Address and Network Information Overview . . . . 147
What Is the Basic Network Information?
. . . . . 147
Why Is Basic Network Information
Needed?
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How Is Basic Network Information
Configured?
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