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You can set user access rights to commands and command modes using privilege levels; for more information about privilege levels and
security options, refer to Privilege Levels Overview.
The Dell Networking OS CLI is divided into three major mode levels:
• EXEC mode — is the default mode and has a privilege level of 1, which is the most restricted level. Only a limited selection of
commands is available, notably the show commands, which allow you to view system information.
• EXEC Privilege mode — has commands to view congurations, clear counters, manage conguration les, run diagnostics, and enable
or disable debug operations. The privilege level is 15, which is unrestricted. You can congure a password for this mode; for more
information, refer to Conguring the Enable Password.
• CONFIGURATION mode — allows you to congure security features, time settings, set logging and simple network management
protocol (SNMP) functions, and static address resolution protocol (ARP) and MAC addresses on the system.
Beneath CONFIGURATION mode are sub-modes that apply to interfaces, protocols, and features. The following example shows this sub-
mode command structure. When conguring the chassis for the rst time, two sub-CONFIGURATION modes are important:
NOTE: At any time, entering a question mark (?) displays the available command options. For example, when you are in
CONFIGURATION mode, entering the question mark rst lists all the available commands, including the possible sub-modes.
• INTERFACE sub-mode — is the mode in which you congure Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols and IP services specic to an interface.
An interface can be physical (management interface, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, 40-Gigabit Ethernet, or 2/4/8-Gigabit Universal Port) or
logical (Loopback, Null, port channel, or virtual local area network [VLAN]).
• LINE sub-mode — is the mode in which you to congure the console and virtual terminal lines.
EXEC
EXEC Privilege
CONFIGURATION
AS-PATH ACL
INTERFACE
GIGABIT ETHERNET
TEN GIGABIT ETHERNET
FORTY GIGABIT ETHERNET
FIBRE CHANNEL
INTERFACE RANGE
LOOPBACK
MANAGEMENT ETHERNET
NULL
PORT-CHANNEL
VLAN
IP
IPv6
IP COMMUNITY-LIST
IP ACCESS-LIST
STANDARD ACCESS-LIST
EXTENDED ACCESS-LIST
LINE
CONSOLE
VIRTUAL TERMINAL
MAC ACCESS-LIST
MAC CONTROL-PLANE
MONITOR SESSION
MULTIPLE SPANNING TREE
Per-VLAN SPANNING TREE
RAPID SPANNING TREE
GVRP
LLDP
FIBRE CHANNEL
PREFIX-LIST
REDIRECT
ROUTE-MAP
ROUTER BGP
ROUTER ISIS
ROUTER OSPF
ROUTER RIP
SPANNING TREE
TRACE-LIST
Conguration
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