9 help – GE MULTILINK ML1200 User Manual

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

MULTILINK ML1200 MANAGED FIELD SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL

1–13

1.4.9

Help

Typing the

help

command lists the commands you can execute at the current privilege

level. For example, typing

help

at the Operator level shows the following:

ML1200

>

help

logout ping set

terminal telnet walkmib

Contextless Commands:

! ? clear

enable exit help

show whoami

alarm

ML1200

>

Help for any command that is available at the current context level can be viewed by
typing help followed by enough of the command string to identify the command. The
following syntax applies:

help <command string>

For example, to list the help for the

set time

command

ML1200#

help set time

set time : Sets the device Time

Usage

set time hour=<0-23> min=<0-59> sec=<0-59> [zone=GMT[+/-]hh:mm]

ML1200#

The options for a specific command can be displayed by typing the command and
pressing enter. The following syntax applies:

command <Enter>

For example, the options for the

show

command are:

ML1200#

show <Enter>

Usage

show active-stp

show active-snmp

show active-vlan

show address-table

show age

show alarm

show arp

show auth <config|ports>

show backpressure

show bootmode

--more--

Other ways to display help, specifically, with reference to a command or a set of
commands, use the TAB key. The following syntax applies:

<TAB>
<Command string> <TAB>
<First character of the command> <TAB>

For example, following the syntax listed above, the <TAB> key will list the available
commands in the particular privilege level:

ML1200>

<TAB>

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