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RackSwitch G8000 ISCLI Reference
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Preface BMD00128, September 2009
How This Book Is Organized
Chapter 1 “ISCLI Basics,” describes how to connect to the switch and access the information
and configuration commands. This chapter provides an overview of the command syntax,
including command modes, global commands, and shortcuts.
Chapter 2 “Information Commands,” shows how to view switch configuration parameters.
Chapter 3 “Statistics Commands,” shows how to view switch performance statistics.
Chapter 4 “Configuration Commands,” shows how to configure switch system parameters,
ports, VLANs, Spanning Tree Protocol, SNMP, Port Mirroring, IP Routing and Port Trunking.
Chapter 5 “Operations Commands,” shows how to use commands which affect switch per-
formance immediately, but do not alter permanent switch configurations (such as temporarily
disabling ports). The commands describe how to activate or deactivate optional software fea-
tures.
Chapter 6 “Boot Options,” describes the use of the primary and alternate switch images, how
to load a new software image, and how to reset the software to factory defaults.
Chapter 7 “Maintenance Commands,” shows how to generate and access a dump of critical
switch state information, how to clear it, and how to clear part or all of the forwarding database.
“Index” includes pointers to the description of the key words used throughout the book.