Administrator Guide

Contents 9
4 Using Dell OpenManage Switch
Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
About Dell OpenManage Switch Administrator . . . . 145
Starting the Application
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Understanding the Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Using the Switch Administrator Buttons and Links
. . . 149
Defining Fields
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Understanding the Device View. . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Using the Device View Port Features
. . . . . . . 150
Using the Device View Switch Locator
Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
5 Using the Command-Line Interface. . . . 153
Accessing the Switch Through the CLI . . . . . . . . . 153
Console Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Telnet Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Understanding Command Modes
. . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Entering CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Using the Question Mark to Get Help
. . . . . . . 157
Using Command Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Entering Abbreviated Commands
. . . . . . . . . 158
Negating Commands
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Command Output Paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Understanding Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . 159
Recalling Commands from the History Buffer
. . . 159