User Guide

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Using the Command-Line Interface 49
Nortel WLAN Security Switch 2300 Series Configuration Guide
Using CLI Help
The CLI provides online help. To see the full range of commands available at your access level, type the following
command:
23x0# help
Commands:
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clear Clear, use 'clear help' for more information
commit Commit the content of the ACL table
copy Copy from filename (or url) to filename (or url)
crypto Crypto, use 'crypto help' for more information
delete Delete url
dir Show list of files on flash device
disable Disable privileged mode
exit Exit from the Admin session
help Show this help screen
history Show contents of history substitution buffer
hit-sample-rate Set NP hit-counter sample rate
load Load, use 'load help' for more information
logout Exit from the Admin session
monitor Monitor, use 'monitor help' for more information
ping Send echo packets to hosts
quit Exit from the Admin session
reset Reset, use 'reset help' for more information
rollback Remove changes to the edited ACL table
save Save the running configuration to persistent storage
set Set, use 'set help' for more information
show Show, use 'show help' for more information
telnet telnet IP address [server port]
traceroute Print the route packets take to network host
For more information on help, see the help command description in the Nortel WLAN Security Switch 2300 Software
Command Reference.
To see a subset of the online help, type the command for which you want more information. For example, the following
command displays all the commands that begin with the letter i:
23x0# show i?
ifm Show interfaces maintained by the interface manager
igmp Show igmp information
interface Show interfaces
ip Show ip information
To see all the variations, type one of the commands followed by a question mark (?). For example:
23x0# show ip ?
alias Show ip aliases
dns show DNS status
https show ip https
route Show ip route table
telnet show ip telnet