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System Management

Dell™ PowerConnect™ 3324/3348 Switch CLI Guide

  ping

  reload

  clock set

  hostname

  asset-tag

  stack order

  show users

  show clock

  show system

  show version

  show system id



ping

Use the ping user EXEC command to send ICMP echo request packets to another node on the network.

Syntax

ping host [size packet_size] [count packet_count] [timeout time_out]

Default Configuration

The default packet size is 56 bytes.

The default packet count is 4 packets.

The default time-out is 1000 milliseconds.

Command Mode

User EXEC Mode

User Guidelines

Press ESC to stop pinging. Following are sample results of the ping command:

Examples

The following example displays a ping to IP address 10.1.1.1.

Console> ping 10.1.1.1

64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=0. time=11 ms

64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1. time=8 ms

64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2. time=8 ms

64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3. time=7 ms

64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=4. time=11 ms

64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=5. time=7 ms

64 bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=6. time=7 ms

^C

----10.1.1.1 PING Statistics----

7 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 0% packet loss

round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 7/8/11

Console>


reload

Use the reload user EXEC command to reload the operating system.

Syntax

reload

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

Privileged EXEC Mode

User Guidelines

There are no user guidelines for this command.

Examples

The following example displays the prompt when entering the reload command.

Console >reload

This command will reset the whole system and disconnect your telnet session.

Do you want to continue (y/n) [n]?


clock set

Use the clock set user EXEC command to manually set the system clock.

Syntax

clock set hh:mm:ss day month year

or

clock set hh:mm:ss month day year

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

User EXEC Mode

User Guidelines

This device clock is not a Real Time Clock (RTC). When the device is rebooted or restarted, the clock setting is deleted.

Examples

The following example sets the system time.

Console> clock set 13:32:00 7 Mar 2002


hostname

Use the hostname global configuration command to specify or modify the device host name. To restore the default host name, use the no form of the command.

Syntax

hostname name

no hostname

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

Global Configuration Mode

User Guidelines

There are no user guidelines for this command.

Examples

The following example specifies dell as the device host name.

Console (config)# hostname dell


asset-tag

Use the asset-tag global configuration command to specify the device asset-tag. Use the no form of this command to restore the default host name.

Syntax

asset-tag [unit unit] tag

no asset-tag [unit unit]

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

Global Configuration Mode

User Guidelines

There are no user guidelines for this command.

Examples

The following example specifies the device asset tag.

Console (config)# asset-tag 45456


stack order

Use the stack order global configuration command to configure the unit physical order in the stack. To return to the default value, use the no form of this command.

Syntax

stack order order1 order2 {order3 ...}

no stack order

Default Configuration

The default value is the unit number.

Command Mode

Global Configuration Mode

User Guidelines

There are no user guidelines for this command.

Examples

The following example configures the device 2 as the first unit and device 1 as the second unit in the stack.

Console (config)# stack order 2 1


show users

Use the show users user EXEC command to display information about the active users.

Syntax

show users

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

User EXEC Mode

User Guidelines

There are no user guidelines for this command.

Examples

The following example displays information about the active users.

Console> show users

Username Idle Time Remote IP Protocol

----------- --------- --------- ---------

Bob 00:00:00 Serial

Betty 00:08:19 172.16.0.1 Telnet

Robert - 172.16.0.8 HTTP


show clock

Use the show clock user EXEC command to display the time and date from the system clock.

Syntax

show clock

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

User EXEC Mode

User Guidelines

There are no user guidelines for this command.

Examples

The following example displays the time and date from the system clock.

Console> show clock

15:29:03 Jun 17 2002


show system

Use the show system user EXEC command to display system information.

Syntax

show system [unit unit]

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

User EXEC Mode

User Guidelines

There are no user guidelines for this command.

Examples

The following example displays the system information.

Console> show system

System Description: Corporate

System Up Time (days,hour:min:sec): 1,22:38:21

System Contact:

System Name: Console 1

System location:

power supply status : OK

MAC Address: xxxx.xxxx.xxxx

Sys Object ID:


show version

Use the show version user EXEC command to display the system version information.

Syntax

show version [unit unit]

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

User EXEC Mode

User Guidelines

There are no user guidelines for this command.

Examples

The following example displays a system version (this version number is only for demonstration purposes).

Console> show version

SW version x.xxx (date xx-xxx-xxxx time 17:34:19)

Boot version x.xxx (date xx-xxx-xxxx time 11:48:21)

HW version x.x.x

Unit SW version Boot version HW version

----- ---------- ------------ ------------

1 3.131 2.178 1.0.0

2 3.131 2.178 1.0.0


show system id

Use the show system id user EXEC command to display the system identification information.

Syntax

show system id [unit unit]

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

User EXEC Mode

User Guidelines

The tag information is on a device by device basis.

Examples

The following example displays the system identification information.

Console> show system id

Service Tag: 89788978

Serial number: 8936589782

Asset tag: 7843678957


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