1–14 MULTILINK ML1600 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE SOFTWARE CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
logout ping set
terminal telnet walkmib
Contextless Commands:
! ? clear
enable exit help
show whoami
alarm
ML1600>
Help for any command that is available at the current context level can be viewed by
typing help followed by enough of the command string to identify the command. The
following syntax applies:
help <command string>
For example, to list the help for the
set time command
ML1600# help set time
set time : Sets the device Time
Usage
set time hour=<0-23> min=<0-59> sec=<0-59> [zone=GMT[+/-]hh:mm]
ML1600#
The options for a specific command can be displayed by typing the command and
pressing enter. The following syntax applies:
command <Enter>
For example, the options for the
show command are:
ML1600# show <Enter>
Usage
show active-stp
show active-snmp
show active-vlan
show address-table
show age
show alarm
show arp
show auth <config|ports>
show backpressure
show bootmode
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Other ways to display help, specifically, with reference to a command or a set of
commands, use the TAB key. The following syntax applies:
<TAB>
<Command string> <TAB>
<First character of the command> <TAB>
For example, following the syntax listed above, the <TAB> key will list the available
commands in the particular privilege level:
ML1600> <TAB>
?
alarm
clear
enable
exit
help
logout