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Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM45) and MGX 8950 Software Configuration Guide
Release 3, Part Number 78-14788-01 Rev. C0, January 2004
Chapter 2 Configuring General Switch Features
Entering Commands at the Switch Prompt
The default switch configuration allows you to enter command abbreviations. Because the help
command is the only command that begins with he, you can use the abbreviated he command to display
help. The following example demonstrates that the switch recognizes partial commands and displays
long reports one page at a time.
mgx8850a.7.PXM.a > he
Available commands
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?
abortallsaves
abortofflinediag
abortrev
actaudit
addaddr
addcontroller
addfltset
addlink
addlnloop
addlpback
addpnni-node
addpnni-summary-addr
addpnport
addprfx
addred
addserialif
addtrapmgr
adduser
Type <CR> to continue, Q<CR> to stop:
Tip To disable the command abbreviation feature, enter the cnfcmdabbr command. To display the current
setting for this option, enter the dspcmdabbr command.
Notice the last line of the help command display. Because the help report is too long to appear on one
screen, it is displayed in pages. Press Return to display the next page or type q and press Return to
cancel the report display.
The following example demonstrates what can appear when a command is entered at the wrong card
prompt.
mgx8850a.9.AXSM.a > dspcds
ERR: incorrect number of parameters: (not enough)
Syntax: dspcdsct <bw|gen|cosb|vcThr|cosThr>
bw|gen|cosb|vcThr|cosThr -- bw: Bandwidth parameters
gen: policing and CAC parameters
cosb: cosb parameters
vcThr: vc threshold parameters
cosThr: cosb threshold parameters
In the example above, the dspcds command is entered at the AXSM card prompt, but this command is
not supported on the AXSM card (although the dspcd command is). Because the command is not
recognized, the switch matches it to a command that is supported, which is the dspcdsct command.
Because the command was entered without parameters, the switch displays an error message and the
correct format for entering the dspcdsct command.
Whenever the switch displays an error message, be sure to check the spelling of the command, the
parameters entered with the command, and the prompt at which the command was entered.