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• Perform basic operations including display, debug, file management, FTP, Telnet, clock setting, and
reboot.
• Enter system view. The system view prompt is [Device-name].
In system view, you can perform the following tasks:
• Configure global settings (such as the daylight saving time, banners, and hotkeys) and some
functions.
• Enter different function views. For example, you can perform the following tasks:
{ Enter interface view to configure interface parameters.
{ Enter VLAN view to add ports to the VLAN.
{ Enter user line view to configure login user attributes.
To display all commands available in a view, enter a question mark (?) at the view prompt.
Entering system view from user view
Task Command
Enter system view. system-view
Returning to the upper-level view from any view
Task Command
Return to the upper-level view from any view. quit
Executing the quit command in user view terminates your connection to the device.
In public key view, use the peer-public-key end command to return to system view.
Returning to user view
To return directly to user view from any other view, use the return command or press Ctrl+Z.
Task Command
Return directly to user view. return
Accessing the CLI online help
The CLI online help is context sensitive. Enter a question mark at any prompt or in any position of a
command to display all available options.
To access the CLI online help, use one of the following methods:
• Enter a question mark at a view prompt to display the first keyword of every command available in
the view. For example:
<Sysname> ?
User view commands: