DES-3010F / DES-3010G / DES-3018 / DES-3026 Layer 2 Switch CLI Reference Manual 
All commands in the CLI function in this way. In addition, the syntax of the help prompts are the same as presented in this 
manual − angle brackets < > indicate a numerical value or character string, braces { } indicate optional parameters or a choice of 
parameters, and brackets [ ] indicate required parameters. 
If a command is entered that is unrecognized by the CLI, the top-level commands will be displayed under the Available 
commands: prompt. 
 
Figure 2-5.  The Next Available Commands Prompt 
The top-level commands consist of commands such as show or config. Most of these commands require one or more parameters 
to narrow the top-level command. This is equivalent to show what? or config what?  Where the what? is the next parameter. 
For example, if you enter the show command with no additional parameters, the CLI will then display all of the possible next 
parameters. 
 
Figure 2-6.  Next possible completions: show command 
 
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