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Table Of Contents
Clearing and Redrawing the Screen
Accessing Physically Remote Nodes
Basic Commands
The user interface commands let you access an IGX or BPX system through the control terminal. These commands provide help on how to use the commands, display the twelve most recent commands entered into the system, connect to another node, and sign you off. These commands also give you a way to clear, print, or redraw the screen. These commands are all simple to use and have no command parameters except the virtual terminal command (vt), in which you must specify the node name, and the help commands, in which you must enter a command character string.
Getting Help
Entering help or ? displays command information. The help command gives you access to a general help menu or to information on a specific command. To access the general help menu, enter either help or ?. Either of these commands displays the command category menu on the screen and prompts you to make a selection. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the correct category, then press the Return key.
For information on a specific command, enter help or ? followed by a command name. For example, enter the following for information on adding a trunk:
help addtrk
Press Return to display the information. Entering help or ? followed by a character string displays all those commands containing the character string. For example, for a list of all commands that contain the string "fr," enter the following:
? fr
Signing On
Signing on to the system is a two-step process requiring you to enter both a User ID and a password. The system administrator can provide a User ID and password for the network. Only the system administrator can assign and change User IDs. Once a password is assigned, you can change your own password. For security reasons, users should periodically change their passwords. User ID and passwords are case-sensitive.
When the following prompt appears at the bottom of the initial screen, the system is ready for you to log in:
Enter User ID:
Entering a User ID and password gives access at a particular level of user privilege. (Each command has one or more levels of associated user privilege.) For information on access privileges and passwords, refer to Chapter 13, "Managing the Network". User IDs can have up to twelve (12) characters. At the prompt, enter the User ID. The system responds with the following prompt:
Enter Password:
When you initially sign on, enter the password. (The password does not appear on the screen.) Upon receiving the correct User ID and password, the log-in is recorded by the event log, and the screen displays the following prompt:
Next Command:
The system is ready to receive commands.
Logging Out
To log out, enter bye. When the terminal connection is local, this returns you to the initial screen. To log out completely from a remote (virtual terminal) session, enter bye twice.
Clearing and Redrawing the Screen
Use the Clear Terminal Screen (clrscrn) to clear the screen. Use the Redraw Terminal Screen (redscrn) command to clear and redraw the screen. The clrscrn command clears any information displayed in the top portion of the screen. This information could consist of status displays on lines and connections or Help text. To clear the screen, enter clrscrn.
The redscrn command redraws the screen and updates the status lines. To make sure the status lines have been updated, enter the redscrn command. For example, to redraw a screen's display with the latest statistics before printing the screen, enter redscrn.
Printing Screens
The Print Terminal Screen (prtscrn) command prints the current screen display. Verify that the node printer is correctly configured before attempting to print a screen. Upon entering the prtscrn command, the screen display goes to either a local or remote printer. To print all the information in a screen, enter prtscrn.
Accessing Physically Remote Nodes
The Make Virtual Terminal Connection (vt) command establishes a virtual terminal connection to a remote node. Once the connection is established, entering and executing commands takes place as if the terminal were the local terminal on the remote node. The vt command lets network configuration take place from a central site. The only command that cannot run remotely is the vt command itself.
The privilege of user commands available through a vt connection is the same as that of the user who logged into a node with vt. To establish a virtual terminal connection with a remote node, enter vt and the name of the node name. For example, to vt to node "alpha," enter:
vt alpha
The words Virtual Terminal appear on the screen at the lower left corner to indicate that a virtual terminal connection exists. The remote node name appears at the upper left corner of the screen. To terminate the virtual terminal connection and return to your local terminal connection, enter the bye command.
The bye command has two separate functions:
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If the terminal connection is local, bye logs you off the system.
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To log out of the system during a remote (vt) session, enter the bye command twice. Note that after a default period of four minutes of inactivity, the vt session automatically ends, and the connection reverts back to being local. The timeout is configurable.
If the multiple vt feature has been purchased, multiple users can log into a node with the vt command. Cisco personnel must activate this feature.
List of Basic Commands
Table 2-1 lists the commands discussed in the previous sections. Descriptions of these commands make up the rest of this chapter.
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Displays the twelve (12) most recently used commands. To reuse one of these commands, enter the associated number. The command appears on the command entry line, where you can re-enter or re-execute a command. Editing in this case means backspacing through the command's arguments and typing in a new value or backspacing without typing a new value to restart the command at the cursor position.
Full Name
Display command history
Syntax
. (A period)
Related Commands
None
Attributes
Example 1
. (A period)
Description
Display the command history.
System Response
gamma TRM YourID:1 IGX 8420 9.2 Aug. 15 1998 13:47 CSTCommand history12: dspcons11: vt beta10: dspcons 9: addcon 6.4 alpha 6.4 (.6 8: addcon 8.1.200 alpha 9.1.300 1 7: upfrport 8.1.200 6: dntrk 14 5: uptrk addjob 4: addjob 3: dspjobs 2: addjob 1: dspjobsLast Command: .Next Command:help or ?
Displays a help menu. This command accesses the help routine in the system software. It provides:
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A more extensive, menu-driven, on-line help function exists within the WAN Manager NMS. Consult the Cisco WAN Manager Operations Guide for a complete description of the online help.
The ways to request help on commands are:
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Full Name
Help command
Syntax
Related Commands
None
Attributes
Example 1
help
Description
Display the help menu. (Without an argument, the help command shows the command categories.)
System Response
switchnow TN SuperUser BPX 15 9.1 Oct. 1 1997 14:14 GMTAll commands fall into one (or more) of the following categories:Control TerminalConfigurationLinesNetworkConnectionsCardsAlarms and FailuresDiagnosticsDebugThis Command: helpUse cursor keys to select category and then hit the <RETURN> key:Example 2
help dspbxmsloterrs
Description
Display the syntax and other information for Display BXM Slot Errors (dspbxmsloterrs).
System Response
switchwhat TN SuperUser BPX 15 9.1 Oct. 1 1997 14:16 GMTdspbxmsloterrs - Display BXM Slot ErrorsCannot be included in Jobs.Usage: dspbxmsloterrs [slot]Last Command: help dspbxmsloterrsNext Command:Example 3
help fr
Display all commands that contain the string "fr." (These are the Frame Relay commands.) A list of all commands containing the letters "fr" appears on screen. Scroll to a command then press Return to display the related help screen.
Table 2-2 help-Optional Parameter
command
Specifies a command.
string
Specifies a character string as a search argument.
bye
Ends a local or remote terminal connection. With a local terminal connection, the bye command logs out the user. If a local terminal is inactive for a (default) period of 20 minutes, the connection is automatically broken. This is the equivalent of entering the bye command. With a remote terminal connection (vt), the bye command returns the terminal to the local node. After a (default) period of four minutes of inactivity, a remote terminal connection is automatically returned to a local connection. This is equivalent to entering the bye command.
Full Name
End user session
Syntax
bye
Related Commands
vt
Attributes
Example 1
bye
Description
End a current session from a local node. The local connection ends, and the initial sign-on prompt appears on the screen.
System Response
gamma TRM YourID:1 IGX 8420 9.2 Aug. 15 1998 13:47 CSTEnter User ID:clrscrn
Clears the terminal screen.
Full Name
Clear terminal screen
Syntax
clrscrn
Related Commands
redscrn, prtscrn
Attributes
Example 1
clrscrn
Description
Clear the screen.
System Response
pubsigx1 TN SuperUser IGX 8420 9.2 July 15 1998 22:49 GMTLast Command: clrscrnNext Command:prtscrn
Prints the information on the screen at the time the command is entered.
Full Name
Print terminal screen
Syntax
prtscrn
Related Commands
clrscrn, redscrn
Attributes
Example 1
prtscrn
Description
Send the information on the screen to the printer.
System Response
All information on the terminal screen is printed. If printing is successful, no status message appears. If the printer is unavailable, an appropriate status message appears.
redscrn
Redraws the screen. This command can be useful for communication that involves a modem. If data has become corrupted and caused erroneous characters on the terminal screen, redscrn clears them.
Full Name
Redraw the terminal screen
Syntax
redscrn
Related Commands
clrscrn, prtscrn
Attributes
Example 1
redscrn
Description
Clear the terminal screen and redraw the valid screen information.
System Response
The current screen reappears without erroneous characters.
vt
Establishes a virtual terminal connection to a remote node. A virtual terminal connection has the following properties:
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During a vt session, the remote node name and date flash on the local terminal screen, and "Virtual Terminal" appears in the lower left corner. The bye command terminates a virtual terminal session and returns the terminal to local usage. After a default timeout of four minutes of inactivity, a vt connection automatically reverts to a local connection. This timeout is the equivalent of using the bye command.
Full Name
Make a virtual connection
Syntax
vt <nodename>
Related Commands
bye
Attributes
Example 1
vt sw115
Description
Establish a virtual terminal connection to the switch named "sw115."
System Response
sw115 VT SuperUser BPX 15 9.1 July 15 1997 16:59 PDTLast Command:Next Command:Virtual Terminal CD
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