Navigating Through CLI Commands
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
Table 1-6
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port
fc1/1
fc1/15
fc1/16
fc1/17
fc1/18
fc1/19
fc1/20
When you enter commands that require port names for the Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class
BladeSystem or the Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter, use the appropriate naming convention
from either
port names.
Example 1-2
switch# config t
Enter configuration commands, one per line.
chester-1(config)# interface ext2
chester-1(config-if)#
Example 1-3
switch# show interface bay 5
Entering CLI Commands
You can configure the software in one of two ways:
•
•
Viewing Switch Configurations
You can view the ASCII form of the configuration file when required. To view the current configuration
tree from the EXEC prompt, issue the show running-config command. If the running configuration is
different from the startup configuration, issue the show startup-config command to view the ASCII
version of the current startup configuration that was used to boot the switch.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
1-16
Port Mapping Between the Cisco MDS 9000 Family and the Cisco Fabric Switch for
IBM BladeCenter
Table 1-5
or
Table
interface Command
show interface Command
You can create the configuration for the switch interactively by issuing commands at the CLI
prompt.
You can create an ASCII file containing a switch configuration and then load this file on the required
system. You can then use the CLI to edit and activate the file. (Refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family
CLI Configuration Guide for further information.)
Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM
BladeCenter Port
ext19
bay4
bay2
bay3
ext0
bay1
ext15
1-6. See
Example 1-2
and
End with CNTL/Z.
Chapter 1
Port Group
PortGroup 1
PortGroup 5
Example 1-3
for typical commands that require
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CLI Overview