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Follow these steps to enter system view: 
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
Enter system view. 
system-view 
Required 
Available in user view 
 
Exiting the current view 
The AP’s CLI views are multi-layered, for example, user view > system view > interface view, VLAN 
view, etc.  
Use the following command to exit the current view after finishing configuration in the current view: 
Follow these steps to exit the current view: 
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
Exit the current view to return to the 
previous view 
quit 
Required 
Available in any view 
 
 
If the current view is user view, executing the quit command breaks the connection between the user 
terminal and the access point.  
 
Returning to user view 
To return to user view from any non-user view, you do not have to execute the quit command repeatedly. 
Instead, you can use the return command or press Ctrl+Z.  
Follow these steps to return to user view directly: 
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
Return to user view directly 
return 
Required 
Available in any view except user view
 
Using the CLI 
Using the CLI Online Help 
At the CLI, you can type a question mark (?) to obtain detailed online help. See the following examples. 
Type ? in any view to display all commands available in this view and brief descriptions about these 
commands. 
<Sysname> ? 
User view commands: 
  archive           Specify archive settings 
  backup            Backup next startup-configuration file to TFTP server 
  boot-loader       Set boot loader 
  bootrom           Update/read/backup/restore bootrom 
  cd                Change current directory 
  clock             Specify the system clock