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General Commands:
Dell PowerConnect Switch User's Guide

enable 

disable

configure 

show history

reload

end

exit

quit 

enable

Use this command to activate Privileged Exec mode. In privileged mode, additional commands are available, and certain commands display additional information. See Understanding Command Modes.

Syntax

enable [level]

level - Privilege level to log in to the device.
The device has two predefined privilege levels: 0: Normal Exec, 15: Privileged Exec.
Enter level 15 to access Privileged Exec mode.

Default Setting

Level 15

Command Mode

Normal Exec

Command Usage

• "super" is the default password required to change the command mode from Normal Exec to Privileged Exec. (To set this password, see the enable password command.)
• The "#" character is appended to the end of the prompt to indicate that the system is in Privileged Exec access mode.

Example

Console>enable Console#

Related Commands

disable
enable password

disable

Use this command to return to Normal Exec mode from privileged mode. In normal access mode, you can only display basic information on the switch's configuration or Ethernet statistics. To gain access to all commands, you must use the privileged mode. See Understanding Command Modes.

Default Setting

None

Command Mode

Privileged Exec

Command Usage

The ">" character is appended to the end of the prompt to indicate that the system is in normal access mode.

Example

Console#disable Console>

Related Commands

enable

configure

Use this command to activate Global Configuration mode. You must enter this mode to modify any settings on the switch. You must also enter Global Configuration mode prior to enabling some of the other configuration modes, including Interface Configuration, Line Configuration, and VLAN Database Configuration. See Understanding Command Modes.

Default Setting

None

Command Mode

Privileged Exec

Example

Console#configure Console(config)#

Related Commands

end

show history

Use this command to show the contents of the command history buffer.

Default Setting

None

Command Mode

Normal Exec, Privileged Exec

Command Usage

The history buffer size is fixed at 20 commands.

Example

In this example, the show history command lists the contents of the command history buffer:

Console#show history Execution command history:  2 config  1 show history Configuration command history:  4 interface vlan 1  3 exit  2 interface vlan 1  1 end Console#

The ! command repeats commands from the Execution command history buffer when you are in Normal Exec or Privileged Exec Mode, and commands from the Configuration command history buffer when you are in any of the configuration modes. In this example, the !2 command repeats the second command in the Execution history buffer (config).

Console#!2 Console#config Console(config)#

reload

Use this command to restart the system.

NOTE: When the system is restarted, it will always run the Power-On Self-Test. It will also retain all configuration information stored in non-volatile memory by the copy running-config startup-config command.

Default Setting

None

Command Mode

Privileged Exec

Command Usage

This command resets the entire system.

Example

This example shows how to reset the switch:

Console#reload System will be restarted, continue <y/n>? y

end

Use this command to return to Privileged Exec configuration mode.

Default Setting

None

Command Mode

Global Configuration, Interface Configuration, Line Configuration, VLAN Database Configuration

Example

This example shows how to return to the Privileged Exec mode from the Interface Configuration mode:

Console(config-if)#end Console#

exit

Use this command to return to the previous configuration mode or exit the configuration program.

Default Setting

None

Command Mode

Any

Example

This example shows how to return to the Privileged Exec mode from the Global Configuration mode, and then quit the CLI session:

Console(config)#exit Console#exit Press ENTER to start session User Access Verification Username:

quit

Use this command to exit the configuration program.

Default Setting

None

Command Mode

Normal Exec, Privileged Exec

Command Usage

The quit and exit commands can both exit the configuration program..

Example

This example shows how to quit a CLI session:

Console>quit Press ENTER to start session User Access Verification Username:

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