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General User Interface Guidelines

Page 4-16

Diag

. This menu, fully available to the

diag

login account, contains commands to run diagnos-

tic tests. It is described in Chapter 36, “Running Hardware Diagnostics.”

Quit

. Logs you out of the

UI

. You can also enter

logout

to exit.

?

Displays the options for current menu.

General User Interface Guidelines

You can monitor and configure your switch in the following various ways:

• The User Interface (

UI

): The

UI

is the original method of switch configuration. It is a text-

based and menu-driven interface to which you can connect through the serial port,
through a modem, or over a network via Telnet. You can have up to four simultaneous

UI

connections to an Omni Switch/Router. For Release 4.4 and later, the default for switch
monitoring and configuration is the CLI mode. If you are using a login account with
permission to use the UI command, you can enter the UI mode by entering the

ui

command at the

CLI

system prompt.

• X-Vision: This purchasable network management software program consists of several

powerful sub-applications that help you manage and monitor your network. X-Vision
allows you to connect and configure multiple switches simultaneously. For more informa-
tion, refer to X-Vision’s on-line help.

• The Command Line Interface (

CLI

): The

CLI

is a new feature included with Release 4.1 that

allows you to configure Omni Switch/Routers using single-line text-based commands that
are entered through the local console. Improved readability, easy text editing of the config-
uration files, and simple cloning of switch configurations are among some of the advan-
tages of the

CLI

. For more information, refer to the Text-Based Configuration CLI Reference

Guide.

Entering Command Names

The

UI

is not case sensitive for commands, meaning that you may enter upper or lower case

as you desire. However, command line assignments, configuration input, and logins are case
sensitive.

Except for the

logout

and

quit

commands, you only need to enter as much of the command

that is unique. For example, if you want to execute the

switch

command you need only enter

swi

. If you enter only

sw

, the system will respond with a choice of the following:

switch

swch

swchmac

swap

If you set the switch to the verbose mode you will see additional information on the screen
(see Setting Verbose/Terse Mode for the User Interface on page 4-22).

Non-unique command match, possible commands:

switch

Enter Any to Any Switching Menu

swch

Configure Any To Any Switching Port Translations

swchmac

View Per Mac Translation Options

swap

Change swap status of chassis

swlogc

Configure Switch Logging source/destination mapping and
priority levels

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