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XSR User’s Guide 15
Chapter 2 Utilizing the Command Line Interface
Managing the XSR
In the following example:
show interface [dialer | fastEthernet/gigabitethernet |
loopback | serial | bri | multilink | vpn {interface-number}]

show and interface are keywords
 [
dialer, fastEthernet, gigabitethernet, loopback, serial, bri,
multilink, vpn and {interface-number}] are optional parameters
Syntactically, each line begins with one or more command keywords followed
by a list of mandatory parameters (if any) and, lastly, a list or optional
parameters. For example the following command:
channel-group number timeslots range [speed {56 | 64}]
has a mandatory parameter value number, a mandatory parameter keyword
and value pair
timeslots range, an optional parameter presented as a
keyword
speed and value options of 56 or 64.
CLI Command Limits
CLI commands are bounded by the following:
 Total number of characters in a command line/help message: 299
 Total number of words in a command line: 127
 Number of command history entries recalled: 31
 Total number of characters in a prompt: 1023
 Total number of characters in system name: 31
[x {y | z} ] [{ | } ] Combination of square brackets with braces and vertical bars
indicates a required choice of an optional parameter
(config-if<xx>)
xx signifies the interface type; e.g., F1, G3, S2/1.0, D1, L0, BRI, PRI
(T1/E1)
, VPN, etc.
Table 4 CLI Syntax
Convention Description