User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- The Command Line Interface
- First-Time Configuration
- Using the Setup Utility
- Setting Passwords
- Menu Basics
- The Information Menu
- Information Menu
- System Information
- Layer 2 Information
- Layer 3 Information
- IP Routing Information
- ARP Information
- BGP Information
- BGP Peer information
- BGP Summary information
- OSPF Information
- Routing Information Protocol Information
- IP Information
- IGMP Multicast Group Information
- IGMP Group Information
- IGMP Multicast Router Port Information
- IGMP Mrouter Information
- VRRP Information
- Quality of Service Information
- 802.1p Information
- Access Control List Information
- Link Status Information
- Port Information
- Logical Port to GEA Port Mapping
- Fiber Port SFP Status
- Information Dump
- The Statistics Menu
- The Configuration Menu
- Configuration Menu
- Viewing, Applying, and Saving Changes
- System Configuration
- Port Configuration
- Layer 2 Configuration
- 802.1x Configuration
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol/ Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration
- Common Internal Spanning Tree Configuration
- Spanning Tree Configuration
- GVRP Configuration
- GVRP Port Configuration
- Trunk Configuration
- IP Trunk Hash Configuration
- LACP Configuration
- Layer 2 Failover Configuration
- VLAN Configuration
- Protocol-based VLAN Configuration
- Private VLAN Configuration
- Layer 3 Configuration
- IP Interface Configuration
- Default Gateway Configuration
- IP Static Route Configuration
- IP Multicast Route Configuration
- ARP Configuration
- IP Forwarding Configuration
- Network Filter Configuration
- Routing Map Configuration
- Routing Information Protocol Configuration
- Open Shortest Path First Configuration
- Border Gateway Protocol Configuration
- IGMP Configuration
- Domain Name System Configuration
- Bootstrap Protocol Relay Configuration
- VRRP Configuration
- Quality of Service Configuration
- Access Control List Configuration
- Port Mirroring Configuration
- Setup
- Dump
- Saving the Active Switch Configuration
- Restoring the Active Switch Configuration
- The Operations Menu
- The Boot Options Menu
- The Maintenance Menu
- Alteon OS Syslog Messages
- Alteon OS SNMP Agent
- Glossary
- Index

Alteon OS Command Reference
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Menu Basics 43W7774, May 2007
Global Commands
Some basic commands are recognized throughout the menu hierarchy. These commands are
useful for obtaining online help, navigating through menus, and for applying and saving con-
figuration changes.
For help on a specific command, type help. You will see the following screen:
Global Commands: [can be issued from any menu]
help up print pwd
lines verbose exit quit
diff apply save revert
revert apply
ping traceroute telnet history
pushd popd who chpass_p
chpass_s
The following are used to navigate the menu structure:
. Print current menu
.. Move up one menu level
/ Top menu if first, or command separator
! Execute command from history
Table 3-1 Description of Global Commands
Command Action
? command
or help
Provides more information about a specific command on the current menu.
When used without the command parameter, a summary of the global com-
mands is displayed.
. or print Display the current menu.
.. or up Go up one level in the menu structure.
/ If placed at the beginning of a command, go to the Main Menu. Otherwise,
this is used to separate multiple commands placed on the same line.
lines Set the number of lines (n) that display on the screen at one time. The default
is 24 lines. When used without a value, the current setting is displayed. Set
lines to a value of 0 (zero) to disable pagination.
diff Show any pending configuration changes.
apply Apply pending configuration changes.
save Write configuration changes to non-volatile flash memory.