Table Of Contents

A Commands

aaa accounting

aaa authentication

arp

attach module

A Commands

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The commands in this chapter apply to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of multilayer directors and fabric switches. All commands are shown here in alphabetical order regardless of command mode. Please see the Command Mode section to determine the appropriate mode for each command. For more information, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide.

•aaa accounting

•aaa authentication

•arp

•attach module

aaa accounting

To set the size of the local accounting log file, use aaa accounting logsize command.

aaa accounting logsize integer method local | radius

Syntax Description

aaa accounting	Sets the size of the log file on the local disk.
logsize	Configures Local Accounting Log File Size(in bytes)
integer	Size limit of the local accounting log file (0-300K) in bytes.
method	Configures method to be used for accounting
local	Enables local accounting
radius	Enables RADIUS to be used as accounting method

Defaults

None.

Command Modes

Configuration mode.

Usage Guidelines

None.

Examples

switch# config t

switch(config)# aaa accounting logsize 29000

switch# config t

switch(config)# aaa accounting method radius

Related Commands

Command	Description
show accounting config	Displays configured accounting parameters.
show accounting logsize	Displays configured log size.
show accounting log	Displays the entire log file.

aaa authentication

To configure the authentication method, use the aaa authentication command.

aaa authentication login local [console | telnet] none [console | telnet] radius [console | telnet]

Syntax Description

authentication	Sets the size of the log file on the local disk.
login	Configure authentication method
local	Local authentication method
console	Apply this authentication method for console logins
telnet	Apply this authentication method for remote access(SSH/TELNET)
none	No authentication, everyone permitted
radius	RADIUS authentication method

Defaults

Disabled

Command Modes

Available in all command modes.

Usage Guidelines

The local option disables other authentication methods and configures local authentication to be used exclusively.

Examples

switch# config t

switch(config)# aaa authentication login radius telnet 

switch(config)#

switch(config)# aaa authentication login radius console 

switch(config)#

switch(config)# aaa authentication login local telnet

switch(config)# aaa authentication login none console

Related Commands

Command	Description
show authentication	Displays the configured authentication methods

arp

To configure the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) for the switch, use the arp command.

arp hostname

no form of this command disables the protocol.

Syntax Description

arp	Configure the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP).
hostname	Hostname (Max Size - 20)

Defaults

Enabled

Command Modes

Available in all command modes.

Usage Guidelines

None.

Examples

switch# arp host1

arp configured for host1

switch# 

Related Commands

Command	Description
show arp	Display the ARP table
no arp	Remove an ARP entry from the ARP table
clear arp	Delete a specific entry or all entries from the ARP table

attach module

To connect to a specific module, use the attach module command. To disconnect, use the exit command at the module-## prompt, or type $. to forcibly abort the attach session.

attach module module-number

Syntax Description

module-number

Specifies slot number of the module you want to connect to. Slot numbers range from 1 to 13 for Cisco 9500 Series switches.

Defaults

None

Command Modes

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

You can use the attach module command to view the standby supervisor module information, but you can not configure the standby supervisor module using this command.

You can also use the attach module command on the switching module portion of the Cisco MDS 9216 supervisor module which resides on slot 1 of this 2-slot switch.

Examples

The following example connects to the module in slot 2. Note that after you connect to the image on the module using the attach module command, the prompt changes to module-##

switch# attach module 2

Attaching to module 2 ...

To exit type 'exit', to abort type '$.' 

module-2# exit

switch#

Related Commands

Command	Description
show module	Shows the status of a module.