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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands

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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands

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This chapter contains an alphabetical listing of all switch and ROM monitor commands available on the Catalyst 6500 series switches.

For information regarding ATM module-related commands, refer to the ATM Configuration Guide and Command Reference—Catalyst 5000 and 6000 Family Switches.

For information regarding IDS module-related commands, refer to the Catalyst 6500 Series Intrusion Detection System Module Installation and Configuration Note.

Except where specifically differentiated, the Layer 3 switching engine refers to one of the following:

•Supervisor Engine 1 with Layer 3 Switching Engine WS-F6K-PFC (Policy Feature Card)

•Supervisor Engine 2 with Layer 3 Switching Engine II (PFC2)

alias

To set and display command aliases, use the alias command.

alias [name=value]

Syntax Description

name=	(Optional) Name you give to the alias.
value	(Optional) Value of the alias.

Defaults

This command has no default settings.

Command Types

ROM monitor command.

Command Modes

Normal.

Usage Guidelines

If value contains white space or other special (shell) characters, you must use quotation marks. If value has a space as its last character, the next command line word is checked for an alias. (Normally, only the first word on a command line is checked.)

Without an argument, this command prints a list of all aliased names with their values.

An equal sign (=) is required between the name and value of the alias.

You must issue a sync command to save your change. If you do not issue a sync command, the change is not saved, and a reset removes your change.

Examples

This example shows how to display a list of available alias commands and how to create an alias for the set command:

rommon 1 > alias

r=repeat

h=history

?=help

b=boot

ls=dir

i=reset

k=stack

rommon 2 > alias s=set

rommon 3 > alias

r=repeat

h=history

?=help

b=boot

ls=dir

i=reset

k=stack

s=set

rommon 4 > s 

PS1=rommon ! > 

BOOT=bootflash:RTSYNC_llue_11,1;slot0:f1,1;

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Related Commands

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boot

To boot up an external process, use the boot command.

boot [-x] [-v] [device:][imagename]

Syntax Description

-x	(Optional) Loads the image but does not execute.
-v	(Optional) Toggles verbose mode.
device:	(Optional) ID of the device.
imagename	(Optional) Name of the image.

Defaults

This command has no default settings.

Command Types

ROM monitor command.

Command Modes

Normal.

Usage Guidelines

If you do not enter any arguments, the boot command boots the first image in bootflash. To specify an image, enter the image name. To specify the device, enter the device ID.

If a device is not entered with an image name, the image is not booted.

If a device name is not recognized by the monitor, the monitor passes the device ID to the boot helper image.

This command will not boot the MSFC if the PFC is not present in the Catalyst 6500 series switch.

Examples

This example shows how to use the boot command:

rommon 2 > boot bootflash:cat6000-sup.6-1-1.bin

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

Uncompressing file:  
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