CLI Usage Guidelines Administration
CLI Usage Guidelines
This section provides basic guidelines for CLI usage on ML systems.
A CLI session can be accessed via craft port (RS-232), via telnet and via SSH. Login to CLI
sessions is secured via the ACL (on page 12-21) (Access Control List) mechanism which -
when enabled - allows access only to explicitly defined IPs and protocols.
Up to five simultaneous CLI sessions (in addition to craft port session) are supported per ML
NE. The sessions can be originated from different or from the same IP, using different or the
same user accounts.
A list of the supported CLI commands is provided in the CLI document (on page 14-28)
(accessed through the Web support page).
NOTE: CLI is supported in ML700 and ML2300 (with SDU-400 cards) models, for sw release 7.0 and
higher. VT100/ANSI terminal types are supported.
Accessing the CLI
CLI interface can be accessed via craft port interface or via telnet.
To access the CLI interface
On Craft port interface, the CLI and the TL1 mode are alternated, where TL1 is
accessed by default. TL1 or CLI mode can be recognized according to the command line
prompt:
'TID>' is the TL1 prompt
'TID#' is the CLI prompt
To toggle between TL1 and CLI, click Ctrl-W (Ctrl-W does not logout the user from the
session).
On telnet and SSH, CLI is accessed by default when Telnet/SSH port is omitted or
specified as 23 (for Telnet) or 22 (for SSH).
CLI Syntax
CLI commands' syntax consists of the following generic structure:
verb element operand value [optional-operand optional-value]
verb examples: show, config, etc.
element is an optional system element, e.g. card, service, etc.
CLI syntax guidelines and limitations
verb, element, parameter must use lowercase letters.
values can use either lowercase or uppercase letters (as specified per each parameter in
the CLI document and in-line in CLI help).
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