Reference Guide

When another user enters CONFIGURATION mode, the system sends a message similar to the following:

% Warning: User "admin" on line vty2 "172.16.1.210" is in configuration

In this case, the user is “admin” on vty2.

Navigating the CLI

The Dell Networking OS displays a CLI prompt comprised of the host name and CLI mode.

• Host name is the initial part of the prompt and is “Dell” by default. You can change the host name with

the hostname command.

• CLI mode is the second part of the prompt and reflects the current CLI mode. For a list of the Dell

Networking OS command modes, refer to the command mode list in the Accessing the Command

Line section.

The CLI prompt changes as you move up and down the levels of the command structure. Starting with

CONFIGURATION mode, the command prompt adds modifiers to further identify the mode. For more

information about command modes, refer to the Command Modes section.

Obtaining Help

As soon as you are in a command mode there are several ways to access help.

To obtain a list

of keywords at

any command

mode:

Type a ? at the prompt or after a keyword. There must always be a space before

the ?.

To obtain a list

of keywords

with a brief

functional

description:

Type help at the prompt.

To obtain a list

of available

options:

Type a keyword and then type a space and a ?.

To obtain a list

of partial

keywords using

a partial

keyword:

Type a partial keyword and then type a ?.

Example

The following is an example of typing ip ? at the prompt:

Dell(conf)# ?

aaa Authentication, Authorization

and Accounting

arp Set a static ARP entry

asf-mode Enable Cut-Thru Mode

banner Define a login banner

bfd Configure BFD protocol

CLI Basics