Command-line interface user manual
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Table of Contents
1. DOCUMENT CONFIDENTIALITY ...................................................................................................... 3
2. HAZARDOUS CONDITION WARNINGS ........................................................................................... 6
2.1. Radio-frequency transmission hazard ................................................................................... 6
2.2. Optical radiation hazard ......................................................................................................... 6
2.3. Hot surfaces hazard ............................................................................................................... 7
3. REPORTING MISTAKES.................................................................................................................... 8
4. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 9
4.1. CLI account types .................................................................................................................. 9
5. UNDERSTANDING THE CLI ............................................................................................................ 11
6. USING THE CLI TO CONFIGURE CISCO DEVICES ...................................................................... 12
7. UNDERSTANDING COMMAND-LINE SYNTAX .............................................................................. 13
8. CLI COMMANDS .............................................................................................................................. 14
8.1. Help content ......................................................................................................................... 14
8.2. Manage the device status logs ............................................................................................ 14
8.3. View the current network uptime duration ........................................................................... 14
8.4. View the device configuration that is currently running ....................................................... 14
8.5. Viewing and setting the device name .................................................................................. 14
8.6. Running an installed iperf server or client ........................................................................... 14
8.7. Connecting to a remote host using SSH ............................................................................. 15
8.8. Pinging the configured device.............................................................................................. 15
8.9. Tracing the route from the device to its connected host ...................................................... 15
8.10. Wireless interface ................................................................................................................ 15
8.11. IP address parameters ........................................................................................................ 18
8.1. Administrative user password .............................................................................................. 18
8.2. View Mode user password ................................................................................................... 19
8.1. Ethernet port parameters ..................................................................................................... 19
8.2. Hardware Reset button ........................................................................................................ 19
8.3. Telnet functionality ............................................................................................................... 20
8.4. Committing configuration settings to memory ..................................................................... 20
8.1. Rebooting the device ........................................................................................................... 20
8.2. Discarding configuration changes made during the current session ................................... 20
8.3. Resetting the unit to factory default condition...................................................................... 20
8.4. Showing command-line history for the current session ....................................................... 20
8.1. Adding, removing and showing installed plug-in licenses ................................................... 21
8.2. Showing the device model and firmware revision number .................................................. 21
8.3. Showing the device mesh ID number .................................................................................. 21
8.4. Show an engineering statistics summary ............................................................................ 21
8.5. Network Time Protocol settings ........................................................................................... 21
8.6. Virtual LAN settings ............................................................................................................. 22
8.7. Simple Network Management Protocol settings .................................................................. 22
8.8. Transport Layer Security settings ........................................................................................ 23
8.9. Device cloud-management settings .................................................................................... 23
8.10. MONITOR settings .............................................................................................................. 23
8.11. Link Layer Discovery Protocol settings ................................................................................ 24
8.12. Multicast settings ................................................................................................................. 24
8.13. Device firmware upgrade settings ....................................................................................... 24
8.14. Enabling a CLI session time-out .......................................................................................... 24
8.15. Exit the command-line interface console ............................................................................. 25
9. APPENDIX 1: CLI COMMAND RESULTS ........................................................................................ 26
9.1. Interpreting # eng-stats output ............................................................................................. 26
10. NOTICES AND COPYRIGHT ......................................................................................................... 28
11. CISCO END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT................................................................................. 30
11.1. Preamble.............................................................................................................................. 30