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Preface Audience This guide is for the networking professional using the Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI) to manage the Cisco IE 3000 switch, hereafter referred to as the switch. Before using this guide, you should have experience working with the Cisco IOS commands and the switch software features. Before using this guide, you should have experience working with the concepts and terminology of Ethernet and local area networking. Purpose This guide provides the information that you need about the Layer 2 commands that have been created or changed for use with the IE 3000 switches. For information about the standard Cisco IOS Release 12.2 commands, see the Cisco IOS documentation set available from the Cisco.com home page by selecting Technical Support & Documentation > Cisco IOS Software. This guide does not provide procedures for configuring your switch. For detailed configuration procedures, see the software configuration guide for this release. This guide does not describe system messages you might encounter. For more information, see the system message guide for this release. For documentation updates, see the release notes for this release. Conventions This publication uses these conventions to convey instructions and information: Command descriptions use these conventions: • Commands and keywords are in boldface text. • Arguments for which you supply values are in italic. • Square brackets ([ ]) means optional elements. • Braces ({}) group required choices, and vertical bars ( | ) separate the alternative elements. • Braces and vertical bars within square brackets ([{ | }]) mean a required choice within an optional element. OL-13019-01 Cisco IE 3000 Switch Command Reference xvii