Accessing the CLI

Once an IP address is assigned to a RUCKUS device running Layer 2 software or to an interface on the RUCKUS device running Layer 3 software, you can access the Command Line Interface (CLI) either through a direct serial connection or through a local or remote Telnet session.

You can initiate a local Telnet or SNMP or SSH connection by attaching a cable to a port and specifying the assigned management station IP address.

In this section:

  1. Command Configuration Modes
    The RUCKUS CLI uses an industry-standard hierarchical shell familiar to Ethernet and IP networking administrators. You can use one of three major command modes to enter commands and access sub-configuration modes on the device: user EXEC mode, privileged EXEC mode, and global configuration mode.
  2. Command Help
    You can display commands and syntax information in any mode and from any point in the command hierarchy.
  3. Command Completion
    Command completion allows you to run a command by entering a partial string.
  4. Scroll Control
    By default, the CLI uses a page mode to paginate displays that are longer than 23 lines. The maximum number of lines per page is 23 (line 24 is reserved for printing). Displays that are longer than 23 lines are automatically segmented into pages with 23 lines per page.
  5. Line-Editing Commands
  6. Unsupported Characters
Parent topic: Using the FastIron Command Line Interface