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Menu basics
Introduction
The HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch CLI is used for viewing switch information and statistics. In
addition, the administrator can use the CLI for performing all levels of GbE2 Interconnect Switch configuration.
To make the CLI easy to use, the various commands have been logically grouped into a series of menus and
submenus. Each menu displays a list of commands and/or submenus that are available, along with a summary of
what each command will do. Below each menu is a prompt where you can enter any command appropriate to the
current menu.
This chapter describes the Main Menu commands, and provides a list of commands and shortcuts that are commonly
available from all the menus within the CLI.
Main Menu
The Main Menu displays after a successful connection and login. The following table shows the Main Menu for the
administrator login. Some features are not available under the user login.
[Main Menu]
info - Information Menu
stats - Statistics Menu
cfg - Configuration Menu
oper - Operations Command Menu
boot - Boot Options Menu
maint - Maintenance Menu
diff - Show pending config changes [global command]
apply - Apply pending config changes [global command]
save - Save updated config to FLASH [global command]
revert - Revert pending or applied changes [global command]
exit - Exit [global command, always available]
Menu summary
The Main Menu displays the following submenus:
• Information Menu
The Information Menu provides submenus for displaying information about the current status of the GbE2
Interconnect Switch: from basic system settings to VLANs, and more.
• Statistics Menu
This menu provides submenus for displaying GbE2 Interconnect Switch performance statistics. Included are port,
IF, IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, SNMP, routing, ARP, and DNS.
• Configuration Menu
This menu is available only from an administrator login. It includes submenus for configuring every aspect of the
GbE2 Interconnect Switch. Changes to configuration are not active until explicitly applied. Changes can be
saved to non-volatile memory (NVRAM).
• Operations Command Menu
Operations-level commands are used for making immediate and temporary changes to GbE2 Interconnect
Switch configuration. This menu is used for bringing ports temporarily in and out of service. This menu is
available only from an administrator and operator login.
• Boot Options Menu
The Boot Options Menu is available only from an administrator login. This menu is used for upgrading GbE2
Interconnect Switch software, selecting configuration blocks, and for resetting the GbE2 Interconnect Switch
when necessary. This menu is also used to set the GbE2 Interconnect Switch back to factory settings.
• Maintenance Menu
This menu is used for debugging purposes, enabling you to generate a technical support dump of the critical
state information in the GbE2 Interconnect Switch, and to clear entries in the Forwarding Database and the
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) and routing tables. This menu is available only from an administrator and
operator login.