Service Manual

Contents
1 About this Guide.............................................................................................................31
Audience........................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Conventions......................................................................................................................................................................31
Related Documents...........................................................................................................................................................31
2 Conguration Fundamentals..........................................................................................32
Accessing the Command Line.......................................................................................................................................... 32
CLI Modes........................................................................................................................................................................32
Navigating CLI Modes................................................................................................................................................ 34
The do Command.............................................................................................................................................................36
Undoing Commands......................................................................................................................................................... 37
Obtaining Help..................................................................................................................................................................37
Entering and Editing Commands...................................................................................................................................... 38
Command History............................................................................................................................................................ 39
Filtering show Command Outputs....................................................................................................................................39
Multiple Users in Conguration Mode...............................................................................................................................40
3 Getting Started..............................................................................................................41
Console Access.................................................................................................................................................................41
Serial Console............................................................................................................................................................. 41
Accessing the CLI Interface and Running Scripts Using SSH........................................................................................... 42
Entering CLI commands Using an SSH Connection....................................................................................................42
Executing Local CLI Scripts Using an SSH Connection.............................................................................................. 42
Default Conguration....................................................................................................................................................... 43
Conguring a Host Name................................................................................................................................................. 43
Accessing the System Remotely...................................................................................................................................... 43
Accessing the System Remotely................................................................................................................................ 43
Congure the Management Port IP Address.............................................................................................................. 44
Congure a Management Route.................................................................................................................................44
Conguring a Username and Password...................................................................................................................... 44
Conguring the Enable Password.....................................................................................................................................44
Conguration File Management....................................................................................................................................... 45
Copy Files to and from the System............................................................................................................................ 45
Mounting an NFS File System.................................................................................................................................... 46
Save the Running-Conguration.................................................................................................................................47
Congure the Overload Bit for a Startup Scenario..................................................................................................... 48
Viewing Files...............................................................................................................................................................48
Compressing Conguration Files................................................................................................................................ 49
Managing the File System.................................................................................................................................................51
Enabling Software Features on Devices Using a Command Option.................................................................................. 52
View Command History....................................................................................................................................................53
Upgrading Dell Networking OS.........................................................................................................................................53
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