User`s guide

Cayman 3220-H User’s Guide Using the Command Line Interface

December 2000 4-15

About CONFIG

Commands

You reach the conﬁguration mode of the command line interface by

typing configure (or any truncation of configure, such as c or

config) at the CLI ROOT prompt.

CONFIG Mode

Prompt

When you are in CONFIG mode, the CLI prompt consists of the

name of the Cayman 3220-H followed by your current node in the

hierarchy and two right angle brackets (>>). For example, when you

enter CONFIG mode (by typing config at the ROOT prompt), the

Dogzilla (top)>> prompt reminds you that you are at the top of the

CONFIG hierarchy. If you move to the

ip node in the CONFIG

hierarchy (by typing ip at the CONFIG prompt), the prompt changes

to Dogzilla (ip)>> to identify your current location.

Some CLI commands are not available until certain conditions are

met. For example, you must enable IP for an interface before you can

enter IP settings for that interface.

Navigating the

CONFIG Hierarchy

 Moving from CONFIG to ROOT — You can navigate from

anywhere in the CONFIG hierarchy back to the ROOT level by

entering quit at the CONFIG prompt and pressing RETURN.

Dogzilla (top)>> quit

Dogzilla >

 Moving from top to a subnode — You can navigate from the

top node to a subnode by entering the node name (or the

signiﬁcant letters of the node name) at the CONFIG prompt and

pressing RETURN. For example, you move to the IP subnode by

entering ip and pressing RETURN.

Dogzilla (top)>> ip

Dogzilla (ip)>>

As a shortcut, you can enter the signiﬁcant letters of the node

name in place of the full node name at the CONFIG prompt. The

signiﬁcant characters of a node name are the letters that

uniquely identify the node. For example, since no other