Cisco CATALYST 2960

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Catalyst 2960 Switch Command Reference
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Using the Command-Line Interface
The Catalyst 2960 switch is supported by Cisco IOS software. This chapter describes how to use the
switch command-line interface (CLI) to configure software features.
For a complete description of the commands that support these features, see Chapter 2, “Catalyst 2960
Switch Cisco IOS Commands.” For information on the boot loader commands, see Appendix A,
“Catalyst 2960 Switch Boot Loader Commands.” For information on the debug commands, see
Appendix B, “Catalyst 2960 Switch Debug Commands.” For information on the show platform
commands, see Appendix C, “Catalyst 2960 Switch Show Platform Commands.” For more information
on Cisco IOS Release 12.2, see the Cisco IOS Release 12.2 Command Summary.
For task-oriented configuration steps, see the software configuration guide for this release.
In this document, IP refers to IP version 4 (IPv4).
CLI Command Modes
This section describes the CLI command mode structure. Command modes support specific Cisco IOS
commands. For example, the interface interface-id command only works when entered in global
configuration mode.
These are the main command modes for the switch:
• User EXEC
• Privileged EXEC
• Global configuration
• Interface configuration
• Config-vlan
• VLAN configuration
• Line configuration
Table 1-1 lists the main command modes, how to access each mode, the prompt you see in that mode,
and how to exit that mode. The prompts listed use the default name Switch.