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Cisco ME 3800X and ME 3600X Switch Command Reference
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Using the Command-Line Interface
The Cisco Metro Ethernet (ME)3600 and 3800 Series switch is supported by Cisco IOS software. This
chapter describes how to use the switch command-line interface (CLI) to configure software features.
For a complete description command descriptions, see these sections:
• For the configuration and monitoring commands that support these features, see Chapter 2, “Cisco
ME 3800X and ME 3600X Switch Cisco IOS Commands.”
• For information on the boot loader commands, see Appendix A, “Cisco ME 3800X and ME 3600X
Switch Boot Loader Commands.”
• For information on the debug commands, see Appendix B, “Cisco ME 3800X and ME 3600X
Switch Debug Commands.”
• For information on the show platform commands, see Appendix C, “Acknowledgments for
Open-Source Software.”
• For more information on Cisco IOS Release 12.2, see the Cisco IOS Release 12.2 Command
Summary.
For task-oriented configuration steps, see the software configuration guide for this release.
In this document, unless otherwise specified, IP refers to IP version 4 (IPv4).
CLI Command Modes
This section describes the CLI command mode structure. Command modes support specific Cisco IOS
commands. For example, the interface interface-id command only works when entered in global
configuration mode.
These are the main command modes for the switch:
• User EXEC
• Privileged EXEC
• Global configuration
• Interface configuration
• VLAN configuration
• Line configuration
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