Table Of Contents

About This Guide

Objectives

Audience

Organization

Command Syntax Conventions

Related Documentation

Obtaining Documentation

Cisco.com

Documentation CD-ROM

Ordering Documentation

Documentation Feedback

Obtaining Technical Assistance

Cisco TAC Website

Opening a TAC Case

TAC Case Priority Definitions

Obtaining Additional Publications and Information

About This Guide

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This preface describes the objectives, audience, organization and command syntax conventions of the Cisco SN 5400 Series Storage Router Command Reference. It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation and technical assistance.

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Note The model number of the storage router may appear on your terminal with a "-K9" appended during console sessions and in command line interface (CLI) output.

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Objectives

This reference describes the command line interface for the SN 5400 series of storage routers, including the SN 5428 and SN 5428-2 Storage Routers. This guide lists all possible CLI commands. However, the set of CLI commands and keywords that are available to you depends on the storage router model, level of authority associated with your CLI management session, and the deployment options selected for the storage router during initial system configuration.

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Note The reference does not describe the command line interface for the SN 5420 Storage Router. For information on the SN 5420 Storage Router command line interface, see the Cisco SN 5420 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide, Release 2.1.

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Audience

This guide is intended primarily for the following audiences:

•System administrators who are familiar with the fundamentals of router-based internetworking and network storage devices, but who might not be familiar with the specifics of Cisco products or the routing protocols supported by Cisco products.

•System administrators who are responsible for configuring network storage equipment.

Organization

This guide contains the following chapters (Table 1):

Table 1 Document Organization

Chapter	Title	Description
Chapter 1	CLI Overview	Describes the command line interface for the storage router.
Chapter 2	A Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "a."
Chapter 3	C Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "c."
Chapter 4	D Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "d."
Chapter 5	E Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "e."
Chapter 6	F Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "f."
Chapter 7	H Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "h."
Chapter 8	I Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "i."
Chapter 9	L Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "l."
Chapter 10	M Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "m."
Chapter 11	N Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "n."
Chapter 12	P Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "p."
Chapter 13	R Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "r."
Chapter 14	S Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "s" except for the show commands.
Chapter 15	Show Commands	Describes all of the show commands.
Chapter 16	T Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "t."
Chapter 17	U Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "u."
Chapter 18	V Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "v."
Chapter 19	Z Commands	Describes all commands beginning with the letter "z."

Command Syntax Conventions

Table 2 describes the syntax used with the commands in this document.

Table 2 Syntax Conventions 

Convention	Description
boldface font	Indicates commands and keywords that you enter literally as shown.
italic font	Indicates arguments for which you supply values.
[ x ]	Square brackets indicate an optional element (keyword or argument).
{ x }	Braces indicate a required element (keyword or argument).
{s | y | z}	Braces and vertical bars indicate a required choice of keywords or arguments, separated by the vertical bars within the braces.
[ x {y | z}]	Braces and vertical bars within square brackets indicate a required choice within an optional element.
/bits	The value entered for /bits specifies a network mask in classless interdomain routing (CIDR) style. That is, the value equals the number of bits in a network mask counting from the most significant side (left) of an IP address. For example, a /bits value of 24 is the equivalent of a network mask of 255.255.255.0. Similarly, a /bits value of 32 specifies using the entire IP address.
"user text"	Indicates that user text (a user-defined text string) that contains a space or spaces must be enclosed using double or single quotes. If single quotes or an apostrophe is used as part of the text string, enclose the string using double quotes. If double quotes are used as part of the text string, enclose the string using single quotes. For example, both "Pat's storage router" and `number "2"' are valid text string entries. Note The question mark (?) character cannot be used as part of a text string.
screen font	Examples of information displayed on the screen.
boldface screen font	Examples of information you must enter.
< >	Nonprinting characters, for example, passwords appear in angle brackets.
[  ]	Default responses to system prompts appear in square brackets.

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Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to additional information and material.

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Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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Timesaver Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph.

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Related Documentation

Refer to the following documents for additional information:

•Cisco SN 5428 Storage Router Hardware Installation Guide

•Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Hardware Installation Guide

•Cisco SN 5428 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide, Release 3.4

•Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide, Release 3.4

•Release Notes for the Cisco SN 5428 Storage Router

•Release Notes for the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router

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