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Cisco MGX 8850 Routing Switch Command Reference
Release 2.0, Part Number 78-10467-04 Rev C0, October 2001
Chapter 1 Command Line Interface Overview
Command Line Prompt
Command Line Prompt
The format of the CLI prompt is:
name.slot number.card type.card state >
where:
• name is the name of the node (“Unknown” until a you assign name with the cnfname command).
• slot number is the slot of the front card.
• card type identifies the Processor Switching Module 45 (PXM45) or a service module type, such as
the AXSM.
• card state is “i” for initialized, “a” for active, or “s” for standby. For many commands, a card must
be active before the command can execute, so each command description has an Attributes section
that identifies the states in which the command can execute.
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A card in the initialized state (i) is still loading application modules.
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A card in the active (a) state either is fully configured and ready to carry out its function or is
already performing its function with live traffic.
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Typically, a card goes into the standby (s) state when it first powers up and boots or when you
execute a command that puts it in the standby state. For example, the commands for a graceful
upgrade of firmware on a pair of PXM45s puts the active card in the standby state and the
standby card in the active state (see loadrev description for details).
An example of a CLI prompt is:
MGX8850.7.PXM45.a >
The preceding prompt shows that the
• Name of the node is “excel.”
• Slot number is 7.
• Card type is PXM45.
• Card state is active.
Command Syntax
This section contains the following syntax topics:
• Notation
• Position-dependent parameters
• Keyword-driven parameters
• Logical port format
• Command entry
