Users Guide

In this case, the user is “admin” on vty2.
Navigating the CLI
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 reects 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 modiers 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)#ip ?
access-list Named access-list
as-path BGP autonomous system path filter
community-list Add a community list entry
domain-list Domain name to complete unqualified host name
domain-lookup Enable IP Domain Name System hostname translation
domain-name Define the default domain name
fib FIB configuration commands
ftp FTP configuration commands
host Add an entry to the ip hostname table
max-frag-count Max. fragmented packets allowed in IP re-assembly
multicast-routing Enable IP multicast forwarding
name-server Specify address of name server to use
pim Protocol Independent Multicast
prefix-list Build a prefix list
radius Interface configuration for RADIUS
redirect-list Named redirect-list
route Establish static routes
scp SCP configuration commands
source-route Process packets with source routing header options
ssh SSH configuration commands
CLI Basics
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