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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-16217-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 1 CLI Overview
Searching and Filtering CLI Output
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switch#
The following show interface brief EXEC command uses multiple filter commands to redirect the
output where the administration mode is
FX to the file named test.txt in the directory SavedData.
switch# show interface brief | include FX > SavedData\test.txt
switch# cd SavedData
switch# dir
2263 Jan 12 18:53:41 2005 SavedData\test.txt
Usage for volatile://
8192 bytes used
20963328 bytes free
20971520 bytes total
switch#
Displaying Users
The show users command displays all users currently accessing the switch.
switch# show users
admin pts/7 Jan 12 20:56 (10.77.202.149)
admin pts/9 Jan 12 23:29 (modena.cisco.com)
admin pts/11 Jan 13 01:53 (dhcp-171-71-49-49.cisco.com)
Sending Messages to Users
The send command sends a message to all active CLI users currently using the switch. This message is
restricted to 80 alphanumeric characters with spaces.
This example sends a warning message to all active users about the switch being shut down.
switch# send Shutting down the system in 2 minutes. Please log off.
Broadcast Message from admin@excal-112
(/dev/pts/3) at 16:50 ...
Shutting down the system in 2 minutes. Please log off.
Using the ping Command
The ping command verifies the connectivity of a remote host or server by sending echo messages.
The syntax for this command is ping <host or ip address>
switch# ping 171.71.181.19
PING 171.71.181.19 (171.71.181.19): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 171.71.181.19: icmp_seq=0 ttl=121 time=0.8 ms
64 bytes from 171.71.181.19: icmp_seq=1 ttl=121 time=0.8 ms
--- 171.71.181.19 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.8/0.8/0.8 ms
To abnormally terminate a ping session, type the Ctrl-C escape sequence.
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