You are placed in user view immediately after you log in to the CLI. The user view prompt is
<Device-name>, where Device-name indicates the device name. The device name is Sysname by default.
You can change it by using the sysname command.
In user view, you can do the following:
Perform basic operations including display, debug, file management, FTP, Telnet, clock setting, and
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reboot.
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Enter system view. The system view prompt is [Device-name].
In system view, you can do the following:
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Configure global settings (such as the daylight saving time, banners, and hotkeys) and some
functions.
Enter different function views. For example, you can enter interface view to configure interface
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parameters, enter VLAN view to add ports to the VLAN, and enter user line view to configure login
user attributes.
A function view might have child views.
To display all commands available in a view, enter a question mark (?) at the view prompt.
Entering system view from user view
Task
Enter system view.
Returning to the upper-level view from any view
Task
Return to the upper-level view from any view.
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
Return directly to user view.
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:
Command
system-view
Command
return
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Command
quit