Cisco 2950 24 Configuration Guide - Page 73
Using the Command-Line Interface, IOS Command Modes
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CH A P T E R 3 Using the Command-Line Interface This chapter describes the IOS command-line interface (CLI) that you can use to configure your switches. It contains these sections: • IOS Command Modes, page 3-1 • Getting Help, page 3-3 • Abbreviating Commands, page 3-3 • Using no and default Forms of Commands, page 3-4 • Understanding CLI Messages, page 3-4 • Using Command History, page 3-5 • Using Editing Features, page 3-6 • Searching and Filtering Output of show and more Commands, page 3-8 • Accessing the CLI, page 3-9 IOS Command Modes The Cisco IOS user interface is divided into many different modes. The commands available to you depend on which mode you are currently in. Enter a question mark (?) at the system prompt to obtain a list of commands available for each command mode. When you start a session on the switch, you begin in user mode, often called user EXEC mode. Only a limited subset of the commands are available in user EXEC mode. For example, most of the user EXEC commands are one-time commands, such as show commands, which show the current configuration status, and clear commands, which clear counters or interfaces. The user EXEC commands are not saved when the switch reboots. To have access to all commands, you must enter privileged EXEC mode. Normally, you must enter a password to enter privileged EXEC mode. From this mode, you can enter any privileged EXEC command or enter global configuration mode. Using the configuration modes (global, interface, and line), you can make changes to the running configuration. If you save the configuration, these commands are stored when the switch reboots. To access the various configuration modes, you must start at global configuration mode. From global configuration mode, you can enter interface configuration mode and line configuration mode. Table 3-1 describes the main command modes, how to access each one, the prompt you see in that mode, and how to exit the mode. The examples in the table use the host name switch. 78-11380-03 Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Software Configuration Guide 3-1