Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Omni Switch/Router - Manual (Page 112)

Overview of Command Interfaces
Page 4-2
Changing Between the CLI and UI Modes
Once you log on to the switch, the following screen displays. You must press the <Enter> key
to start the command interface.
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Press ENTER to start
->
After you press <Enter> , the CLI starts automatically and the following text displays.
Entering command line interface.
->
At this point, you are in the CLI mode and may configure the switch or display statistics using
the commands described in the Text-Based Configuration CLI Reference Guide. If you want to
use the
UI command interface, type ui and press <Enter> . This causes the switch to leave the
CLI mode and enter the UI mode, provided you are using a login with Read/Write privileges.
You can verify that you are in the UI mode by typing ? to display the top-level menu for the
UI as shown below.
/ %?
Command
Main Menu
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File Manage system files
Summary Display summary info for VLANs, bridge, interfaces, etc.
VLAN VLAN management
Networking Configure/view network parameters such as routing, etc.
Interface View or configure the physical interface parameters
Security Configure system security parameters
System View/set system-specific parameters1
Services View/set service parameters
Switch Enter Any to Any Switching menu
Help Help on specific commands
Diag Display diagnostic level commands
Quit/Logout Log out of this session
? Display the current menu contents
To change from the UI mode back to the CLI mode, type cli and press <Enter> .
♦ Note ♦
Note the default command prompt for the UI is / % . The
default command prompt for the CLI is -> . You can
change the UI system prompt by using the uic
command.