Specifications

3. Operations Required for Initial Installation
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3.1 Overview of the command input modes
The command line interface (CLI) for this Switch has three command input modes: user
mode, administrator mode, and configuration command mode.
To set up or change a Switch configuration, or view the Switch status, you must switch to
the appropriate command input mode and enter a configuration or operation command.
The following table describes the features of each command input mode. For details about
how to access and exit the command input modes, see Table 3-1 Command input modes.
Table 3-1 Command input modes
Command
input mode
Transition
command for mode
Prompt
Exit command
Description
User mode
Login: <user ID>
>
> logout
Operation commands
except commands such
as configure and
adduser can be used.
Administrator
mode
> enable
#
# disable
All operation commands
can be used.
Configuration
command mode
# configure
(config)#
(config)# exit
All configuration
commands can be used.
 User mode
When you log in to the Switch, the mode is user mode.
In user mode, most operation commands can be executed.
The configure command, which is used to register a new user account, delete a user
account, and switch to configuration command mode, cannot be executed in user
mode. The command must be executed in administrator mode.
 Administrator mode
When you enter the enable command while in user mode, the mode changes to
administrator mode.
In administrator mode, you can use all operation commands.
When the Switch is initially installed, no password is specified for the enable
command. To ensure security, set a password for the enable command and limit the
users who can use administrator mode.