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About CONFIG Commands
Entering Commands in CONFIG Mode
CONFIG commands consist of keywords and arguments. Keywords in a CONFIG command
specify the action you want to take or the entity on which you want to act. Arguments in a
CONFIG command specify the values appropriate to your site. For example, the CONFIG
command
set ip ethernet A ip_address
consists of two keywords ( ip , and ethernet A ) and one argument ( ip_address ).
When you use the command to configure your Gateway, you would replace the argument
with a value appropriate to your site.
For example:
set ip ethernet A 192.31.222.57
Guidelines: CONFIG Commands
The following table provides guidelines for entering and formatting CONFIG commands.
Command
component
Rules for entering CONFIG commands
Command verbs CONFIG commands must start with a command verb (set, view, delete).
You can truncate CONFIG verbs to three characters (set, vie, del).
CONFIG verbs are case-insensitive. You can enter “SET,” “Set,” or “set.”
Keywords Keywords are case-insensitive. You can enter “Ethernet,” “ETHERNET,” or “eth-
ernet” as a keyword without changing its meaning.
Keywords can be abbreviated to the length that they are differentiated from other
keywords.
Argument Text Text strings can be as many as 64 characters long, unless otherwise specified.
In some cases they may be as long as 255 bytes.
Special characters are represented using backslash notation.
Text strings may be enclosed in double (“) or single (‘) quote marks. If the text
string includes an embedded space, it must be enclosed in quotes.
Special characters are represented using backslash notation.
Numbers Enter numbers as integers, or in hexadecimal, where so noted.
IP addresses Enter IP addresses in dotted decimal notation (0 to 255).