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Using the Command Line Interface

1-6 Introduction

RefertotheinstructionsincludedwiththeTelnetapplicationforinformationaboutestablishing a 

Telnetsession.

Logging In

Bydefault,theD‐Seriesswitchisconfiguredwiththreeuserloginaccounts—roforRead‐Only

access,rwforRead‐Writeaccess,andadminforsuper‐useraccesstoallmodifiableparameters.

Thedefaultpasswordissettoablankstring.Forinformationonchangingthesedefaultsettings,

referto

“SettingUserAccountsandPasswords”onpage 2‐2.

Using a Default User Account

IfthisisthefirsttimeyouareloggingintotheD‐Seriesswitch,orifthedefaultuseraccountshave

notbeenadministrativelychanged,proceedasfollows:

1. Attheloginprompt,enteroneofthefollowingdefaultusernames:

– roforRead‐Onlyaccess.

– rwforRead‐Writeaccess.

– adminforSuperUseraccess.

2. PressENTER.ThePasswordpromptdisplays.

3. LeavethisstringblankandpressENTER.Theswitchinformationandpromptdisplaysas

showninFigure 1‐1.

Using an Administratively Configured User Account

Iftheswitch’sdefaultuseraccountsettingshavebeenchanged,proceedasfollows:

1. Attheloginprompt,enteryouradministratively‐assignedusernameandpressENTER.

2. AtthePasswordprompt,enteryourpasswordandpressENTER.

ThenoticeofauthorizationandthepromptdisplaysasshowninFigure 1‐1.

Navigating the Command Line Interface

Getting Help with CLI Syntax

TheD‐Seriesswitchallowsyoutodisplayusageandsyntaxinformationforindividualcommands

bytypinghelpor?afterthecommand.

CLI Command Defaults Descriptions

Eachcommanddescriptioninthisguideincludesasectionentitled“Defaults”whichcontains

differentinformationfromthefactorydefaultsettingsontheswitchdescribedinTable 1‐1.The

sectiondefinesCLIbehavioriftheuserentersacommandwithouttypingoptionalparameters

(indicatedby squarebrackets[]).Forcommands

withoutoptionalparameters,thedefaults

sectionlists“None”. Forcommandswithoptionalparameters,thissectiondescribeshowtheCLI

respondsiftheuseroptstoenteronlythekeywordsofthecommandsyntax.Figure 1‐2provides

anexample.

Note: Users with Read-Write (rw) and Read-Only access can use the set password command

(page 2-5) to change their own passwords. Administrators with Super User (su) access can use

the set system login command (page 2-4) to create and change user accounts, and the set

password command to change any local account password.