User`s guide

Miscellaneous Procedures 533
Using the CLI Utility
• By remote logins through SSH, an IPSec VPN tunnel, dial-ins through
PPP or a terminal emulation program.
• By accessing the “OnSite console after logging into the Web Manager.
After logging into the Web Manager as an administrative user, remote
users can access the command line by clicking the “OnSite” menu option.
CLI Utility Features
An administrator (root or admin) can configure the OnSite using the CLI
utility. Only one administrator (root or admin) can run the CLI utility at a
time. If an administrator is logged into the Web Manager, the CLI utility
displays a prompt asking if you want to cancel the other administrator’s
session.
Administrators often prefer using the CLI over the Web Manager because
they can run frequently-performed CLI configuration commands from shell
scripts or from text files that can be executed in batch mode.
The CLI utility provides a set of commands that act on parameters that are
nested in a format called the CLI parameter tree. Some parameters require
arguments when the parameters are entered with some commands. This
section describes the CLI command and how to navigate the CLI parameter
tree, but it does not describe all the parameters and values.