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settings for that parameter. For example if you use the menu interface to configure an IP address
of "X" for VLAN 1 and later use the CLI to configure a different IP address of "Y" for VLAN 1, then
"Y" replaces "X" as the IP address for VLAN 1 in the running-config file. If you subsequently execute
write memory in the CLI, then the switch also stores "Y" as the IP address for VLAN 1 in the
startup-config file. (For more on the startup-config and running config files, see Chapter 5, "Switch
Memory and Configuration".)
Listing commands and command options
At any privilege level you can:
• List all of the commands available at that level
• List the options for a specific command
Listing commands available at any privilege level
At a given privilege level you can list and execute the commands that level offers, plus all of the
commands available at preceding levels. For example, at the Operator level, you can list and
execute only the Operator level commands. However, at the Manager level, you can list and
execute the commands available at both the Operator and Manager levels.
Type “?” to list available commands. Typing the ? symbol lists the commands you can execute at
the current privilege level. For example, typing ? at the Operator level produces this listing:
Example 11 The Operator-level command listing
HP Switch> ?
enable
exit
link-test
logout
menu
ping
show
traceroute
HP Switch>
Typing ? at the Manager level produces the listing in the following example:
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