Allied Telesis AT-DC2552XS - Manual (Page 31)

AT-DC2552SX Switch Command Line Interface User’s Guide
Section I: Switch Management 31
Command Format
The following sections describe the command line interface features and
the command syntax conventions.
Command Line
Interface
Features
The command line interface has these features:
 Command history - Use the up and down arrow keys.
 Keyword abbreviations - Any keyword can be recognized by typing an
unambiguous prefix, for example, type “sh” and the software responds
with “show.”
 Tab key - Pressing the Tab key fills in the rest of a keyword
automatically. For example, typing “sh” and then pressing the Tab key
enters “show” on the command line.
Command
Formatting
Conventions
This manual uses the following command format conventions:
 screen text font - This font illustrates the format of a command and
command examples.
 [ ] - Brackets indicate optional parameters or keywords.
 | - Vertical line separates parameter or keyword options for you to
choose from.
 Italics - Italics indicate variables you provide.
Command
Examples
Most of the command examples in this guide start at the User Exec mode
and include the navigational commands. Here is an example that creates
three new VLANs with VIDs 10, 20, and 30:
awplus> enable
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# vlan database
awplus(config-vlan)# vlan 10,20,30
awplus(config-vlan)# exit