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This chapter provides an overview of how to access the Cisco Prime Infrastructure command-line interface (CLI), the different command modes, and the commands that are available in each mode.
You can configure and monitor the Prime Infrastructure through the web interface. You can also use the CLI to perform the configuration and monitoring tasks described in this guide.
You can access the Prime Infrastructure CLI through a secure shell (SSH) client or the console port using one of the following machines:
Two different types of accounts are available on the Prime Infrastructure CLI:
When you power on the Prime Infrastructure appliance for the first time, you are prompted to run the setup utility to configure the appliances. During this setup process, an administrator user account, also known as an Admin account, is created. After you enter the initial configuration information, the appliance automatically reboots and prompts you to enter the username and the password that you specified for the Admin account. You must use this Admin account to log in to the Prime Infrastructure CLI for the first time.
An Admin can create and manage Operator (user) accounts (which have limited privileges and access to the Prime Infrastructure server). An Admin account also provides the functionality that is needed to use the Prime Infrastructure CLI.
To create more users (with admin and operator privileges) with SSH access to the Prime Infrastructure CLI, you must enter the username command in configuration mode (see Command Modes in the ).
Table 1-1 lists the command privileges for each type of user account: Admin and Operator (user).
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Logging in to the Prime Infrastructure server places you in operator (user) mode or admin (EXEC) mode, which always requires a username and password for authentication.
You can tell which mode you are in by looking at the prompt. A right angle bracket (>) appears at the end of operator (user) mode prompt; a pound sign (#) appears at the end of admin mode prompt, regardless of the submode.
This section describes the command modes supported in Prime Infrastructure.
EXEC commands primarily include system-level commands such as show and reload (for example, application installation, application start and stop, copy files and installations, restore backups, and display information).
For detailed information on EXEC commands, see Understanding Command Modes, page 2-5.
Table 1-2 describes EXEC mode commands.
The show commands are used to display the Prime Infrastructure settings and are among the most useful commands. See Table 1-3 for a summary of the show commands. The show commands must be followed by a keyword; for example, show application status. Some show commands require an argument or variable after the keyword to function; for example, show application version.
Configuration commands include interface and repository. To access configuration mode, run the configure command in EXEC mode.
Some of the configuration commands require that you enter the configuration submode to complete the configuration.
Table 1-4 describes the configuration commands.
For detailed information on configuration mode and submode commands, see Understanding Command Modes, page 2-5.
You must have administrator access to execute the Prime Infrastructure configuration commands. Whenever an administrator logs in to configuration mode and executes a command that causes configurational changes in the Prime Infrastructure server, the information related to those changes is logged in the Prime Infrastructure operational logs.
Table 1-5 describes configuration mode commands that generate operational logs.
Allows synchronization of the software clock by the NTP server for the system. |
In addition to configuration mode commands, some commands in EXEC mode generate operational logs.
Table 1-6 describes EXEC mode commands that generate operational logs.
Restores from backup the file contents of a specific repository. |
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