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Chapter 30 Introducing the Commands 186
Note: If you use an external RADIUS server to authenticate users, you can use a
VSA (Vendor Specific Attribute) to configure a privilege level for an account on
the RADIUS server. See Section 16.1.1.1 on page 112 for more information.
30.7 Command Modes
There are three command modes: User, Enable and Configure. The modes (and commands )
available to you depend on what level of privilege your account has. Use the
logins
username
command in Configure mode to set up accounts and privilege levels.
When you first log into the command interpreter with a read-only account (having a privilege
of 0 to 12), the initial mode is User mode. The User mode commands are a subset of the
Enable mode commands. The User mode command prompt ends with an angle bracket (>).
To enter Enable (or privileged) mode using a read-only account, type
enable and enter the
administrator password when prompted (the default is 1234). When you enter Enable mode,
the command prompt changes to the pound sign (
#). If you log into the command interpreter as
an administrator you automatically enter Enable mode.
The following table describes command interpreter modes and how to access them..
Table 69 Command Interpreter Mode Summary
MODE .DESCRIPTION
HOW TO LOGIN/
ACCESS
PROMPT
User
Commands available in this mode are
a subset of enable mode. You can
perform basic tests and display
general system information.
Default login level for a
read-only account.
sysname>
The first part of the prompt is
the system name. In the CLI
examples in this User’s
Guide, the system name is
always “sysname”.
Enable Commands available in this mode
allow you to save configuration
settings, reset configuration settings
as well as display further system
information. This mode also contains
the
configure command which
takes you to config mode.
Default login level for
the administrator or
accounts with a
privilege of 13 or 14.
Read-only accounts
(with a privilege of 0 -
12) need to type the
enable command
and enter the Enable
mode password.
sysname#
Config Commands available in this mode
allow you to configure settings that
affect the switch globally.
Type
config or
configure in Enable
mode.
sysname(config)#
Command modes that follow are sub-modes of the config mode and can only be accessed from within the config
mode.