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Chapter 1: About this Guide.........................................................................................................43
Objectives........................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Audience.............................................................................................................................................................................. 43
Conventions........................................................................................................................................................................43
Information Icons...............................................................................................................................................................44
Chapter 2: Before You Start........................................................................................................ 45
Operational Modes............................................................................................................................................................45
Default Settings.................................................................................................................................................................45
Other Auto-Configured Settings................................................................................................................................... 46
DCB Support...................................................................................................................................................................... 46
FCoE Connectivity............................................................................................................................................................ 46
iSCSI Operation................................................................................................................................................................. 46
Link Aggregation................................................................................................................................................................47
Uplink Failure Detection................................................................................................................................................... 47
VLANs...................................................................................................................................................................................47
Where to Go From Here.................................................................................................................................................. 48
Chapter 3: CLI Basics.................................................................................................................. 49
Accessing the Command Line........................................................................................................................................ 49
Multiple Configuration Users.......................................................................................................................................... 49
Navigating the CLI............................................................................................................................................................ 50
Obtaining Help................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Using the Keyword no Command...................................................................................................................................51
Filtering show Commands............................................................................................................................................... 52
Command Modes.............................................................................................................................................................. 53
Track Login Activity..........................................................................................................................................................54
Restrictions for Tracking Login Activity................................................................................................................ 54
Configuring Login Activity Tracking........................................................................................................................54
Display Login Statistics.............................................................................................................................................. 55
Limit Concurrent Login Sessions...................................................................................................................................56
Restrictions for Limiting the Number of Concurrent Sessions........................................................................ 56
Configuring Concurrent Session Limit................................................................................................................... 56
Enabling the System to Clear Existing Sessions..................................................................................................56
Chapter 4: File Management........................................................................................................58
boot system gateway....................................................................................................................................................... 58
boot system stack-unit....................................................................................................................................................59
cd.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 59
copy...................................................................................................................................................................................... 59
copy running-config startup-config.............................................................................................................................. 61
delete.................................................................................................................................................................................... 61
dir.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
format flash........................................................................................................................................................................ 62
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