Contents
1 About this Guide................................................................................................. 36
Audience..............................................................................................................................................36
Conventions........................................................................................................................................ 36
Related Documents.............................................................................................................................37
2 Configuration Fundamentals........................................................................... 38
Accessing the Command Line............................................................................................................38
CLI Modes............................................................................................................................................38
Navigating CLI Modes...................................................................................................................40
The do Command...............................................................................................................................44
Undoing Commands...........................................................................................................................45
Obtaining Help.................................................................................................................................... 45
Entering and Editing Commands....................................................................................................... 46
Command History...............................................................................................................................47
Filtering show Command Outputs.....................................................................................................47
Multiple Users in Configuration Mode............................................................................................... 49
3 Getting Started....................................................................................................50
Console Access...................................................................................................................................50
Serial Console................................................................................................................................50
Accessing the CLI Interface and Running Scripts Using SSH............................................................ 51
Entering CLI commands Using an SSH Connection....................................................................52
Executing Local CLI Scripts Using an SSH Connection...............................................................52
Default Configuration......................................................................................................................... 53
Configuring a Host Name...................................................................................................................53
Accessing the System Remotely.........................................................................................................53
Accessing the System Remotely...................................................................................................53
Configure the Management Port IP Address............................................................................... 53
Configure a Management Route.................................................................................................. 54
Configuring a Username and Password.......................................................................................54
Configuring the Enable Password...................................................................................................... 55
Configuration File Management.........................................................................................................55
Copy Files to and from the System.............................................................................................. 55
Mounting an NFS File System....................................................................................................... 56
Save the Running-Configuration..................................................................................................58
Configure the Overload Bit for a Startup Scenario......................................................................59
Viewing Files.................................................................................................................................. 59
Managing the File System...................................................................................................................60
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