vpacket 6100 Series User manual

Series 5100/6100™
Voice/Data Router
Reference Manual
Data Features

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Document title Date issued Product number Release
Vpacket Series 5100/6100 Voice/Data Router Reference
Manual (Data Features)
June 2002 750-0025-001, Rev A 2.1.1
Vpacket 5100/6100 Series Voice/Data Router MGCP
Telephony Configuration
750-0031-001, Rev A
Vpacket 5100/6100 Series Voice/Data Router SIP Telephony
Configuration
750-0032-001, Rev A
Vpacket 5100/6100 Series Voice/Data Router H.323
Telephony Configuration
750-0033-001, Rev A
Vpacket 5100/6100 Series Voice/Data Router Web Interface
Manual
750-0035-001, Rev A

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Content summary
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Audience
This manual is written for the technical staff of a service provider, who are responsible for the
installation and configuration of a Vpacket 5100/6100 Voice/Data Router (VDR). These users
include, but are not limited to, network technicians, systems administrators, and network
operation staff.
Content summary
This manual contains all of the information you need to configure the data features of a 5100/
6100 VDR. Table 1 lists the chapters and appendixes and a summary of each.
Table 1. Chapter summaries
Chapter title Contents
Chapter 1 System commands Describes how to utilize the command line interface
Chapter 2 User administration Describes how to create and manage user accounts
Chapter 3 Interfaces Describes how to configure the WAN, LAN, and loopback
interfaces
Chapter 4 IP services Describes commands for DNS, DHCP, NTP, SNMP, and RIP
features
Appendix A FTP loader commands

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Conventions
This manual uses typeface, syntax, and messages to alert you to information of special interest.
Typefaces
Table 2 lists the typefaces that are used in this manual.
Command syntax
The syntax of commands is described using the following conventions:
• Angle brackets (<fill_in_the_blank >) denote required parameters or arguments.
• Square brackets ([ ]) denote optional elements.
• A pipe (|) separates choices.
Messages
Notes, cautions, and warnings are posted throughout the manuals to give supplementary
information and encourage safety awareness and safe practices.
Notes
Notes are supplemental information requiring your attention.
For example:
Note. Please remember to go to the Vpacket Web site and complete the online
Warranty Registration Card. Doing so registers your Vpacket 5100/6100 VDR and
allows you to receive the latest information, technical support, and upgrades applicable
to your unit.
Table 2. Typefaces and their meanings
Typeface Description
Bold Designates menus, commands, and parameters
Courier Designates output resulting from a command issued by a user and messages
issued via a telnet or terminal-emulation screen

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Cautions
Cautions are information requiring extra attention.
For example:
Caution. No system-level confirmation message appears during the deletion.
Warnings
Warnings are information that, if not followed, could result in injury or equipment damage.
For example:
Warning. Use of longer screws could result in damage to internal components.
Related documentation
The documentation set related to the Vpacket 5100/6100 VDR includes all documents on the
CD-ROM that was shipped with the unit:
•Vpacket 5100/6100 Series Voice/Data Router Installer’s Guide, Release 2.1 (P/N 750-00??-001)
•QuickStartGuides
•T1 and dual T1 Quick Start Guide
•SDSL Quick Start Guide
•Ethernet WAN Quick Start Guide
•T1-PRI Voice Quick Start Guide
•Vpacket 5100/6100 Series Voice/Data Router Datasheet
The reference manual is broken down into five sections allowing you to print only the sections
that apply to your network environment:
•Vpacket 5100/6100 Series Voice/Data Router Reference Manual (Data Features)
• Vpacket 5100/6100 Series Voice/Data Router MGCP Telephony Configuration
• Vpacket 5100/6100 Series Voice/Data Router SIP Telephony Configuration
• Vpacket 5100/6100 Series Voice/Data Router H.323 Telephony Configuration
• Vpacket 5100/6100 Series Voice/Data Router Web Interface Manual
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Contents
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Chapter 1 System commands 1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
System level general commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Setting an alias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Broadcasting a message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Enabling system enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exiting a submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Obtaining help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Viewing command history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Logging out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sending a message to a specific user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setting sleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Viewing who is logged in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
!x and !! to execute past commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Navigation, memory, and file management commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Changing directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Clearing a configuration, screen, or statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Forcing a configuration change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Deleting a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Displaying directory contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Downloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Executing a script or file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Creating a directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using ping to check connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Creating a script for future execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Renaming a file or directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Removing a directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Resetting the 5100/6100 VDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Saving a configuration, image, or file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tracing a route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Uploading files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting system variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Viewing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Chapter 2 User administration 41
Defining access privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
User administration commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Deleting a user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Modifying user password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Modifying the access level of a user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Viewing the User Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Viewing a user’s access level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 3 Interfaces 51
Interface commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Commands common to all interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Setting the IP gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Setting the voice interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Viewing IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Viewing an Ethernet macaddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Viewing LAN (Ethernet), IP, or WAN statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
LAN (10/100BaseT) commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Deleting a LAN IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
General WAN commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Setting the IP WAN interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Viewing the WAN T1 configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Viewing WAN statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Viewing the WAN state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
T1 WAN commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Setting the WAN cable length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Setting WAN circuitname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Setting the WAN clocksource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Setting the T1 WAN data protocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Setting the encapsulation type (T1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Setting the WAN facilities data link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Setting the WAN framing mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Setting the WAN interface type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting the WAN linecoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting the WAN loopback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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SDSL WAN commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Viewing the SDSL WAN statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Configuring the DSLAM type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Configuring SDSL WAN encapsulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Configuring the WAN data protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Setting the SDSL baud rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Viewing ATM virtual circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Adding a virtual circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Deleting a virtual circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ethernet WAN commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Loopback interface commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Setting a loopback interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Deleting a loopback interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Viewing the loopback configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Setting the loopback interface to be a NAT outside interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Network Address Translation (NAT) commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Enabling or disabling NAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Setting a NAT port map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Deleting a NAT port map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Viewing NAT port maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adding a static IP mapping for NAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adding a NAT static mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Deleting a static mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Setting the WAN outside address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Viewing the static IP NAT mappings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Access control list commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Adding an access control list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Deleting an access control list entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Viewing an application access control list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Chapter 4 IP services 99
IP service commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
DNS commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Setting a primary DNS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Setting a secondary DNS server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Setting the DNS client wait time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Viewing DNS information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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DHCP commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Setting a DHCP pool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Setting the DHCP mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Setting a DHCP default lease time-out value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Setting DNS servers for a DHCP pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Setting a default router for a DHCP pool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Assigning a domain name for a DHCP pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Setting the IP address range for a DHCP pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Setting the DHCP maximum lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Setting the NetBIOS name server for a DHCP pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Setting the Netbios node type for a DHCP pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Setting the network address for a DHCP pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Deleting a DHCP pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Viewing DHCP pool information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Setting a DHCP static host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Setting a domain name for a DHCP static host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Setting a DHCP configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Setting the DNS server for a DHCP static host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Setting a network address for a DHCP static host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Setting a hardware address for a DHCP static host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Setting the DHCP static host server address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Deleting a DHCP static host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Viewing DHCP lease information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Viewing DHCP mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
View DHCP server information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Viewing the DHCP static host information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Static routing commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Static routes from the 5100/6100 to the network behind Router ABC . . . . . . . 121
Static routes from the 5100/6100 VDR to a remote server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Adding a static route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Deleting a static route from the routing table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Viewing the IP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
RIP commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Enabling and disabling RIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Viewing RIP status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Application port command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Changing the server application port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Network Timing Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

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Setting the NTP server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Setting the NTP time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Setting the NTP interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Viewing NTP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Setting an SNMP community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Deleting an SNMP community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Setting SNMP trap destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Deleting an SNMP trap destination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Viewing the SNMP trap destination table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Setting the telnet time-out value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
WAN link loss commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Setting the PSTN lifeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Viewing the PSTN lifeline status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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Contents
1
System commands
Overview, page 2
System level general commands, page 3
Navigation, memory, and file management commands, page 14

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Overview
The Command Line Interface (CLI), which contains the software commands to provision,
manage, and monitor the physical interfaces and software data features of the 5100/6100 VDR,
can be accessed through a serial link to the console port or from a remote telnet session. The CLI
follows a specific syntax and recognizes shortcuts.
The CLI has a main level and configuration submenus.
The main level is the entry point where you can access a general set of commands for
administrating the 5100/6100 VDR and perform general system-level operations (navigation,
enable system features, logout, view directories, and so forth) within the directory file system.
The configuration submenus are a series of extended command sets that are accessed from the
system prompt. These submenus can be grouped into the following clusters according to their
functions:
• System-Level general commands
• Navigation, memory, and file management
Many CLI commands require text or numerical parameters as part of the command. These fields
are either required or optional, depending on how the information is punctuated. Table 1-1 lists
the different punctuation and meanings.
Table 1-1. CLI syntax markers
Marker Meaning
( )
For example: (set user)
You can enter a submenu by entering the first one or two words of
a command and then pressing the Enter key. If you are defining
many parameters without interruption, using a submenu can save
you time from repeatedly entering the first few words of a
command. You must enter the exit command to exit the submenu.
< >
For example: <username>
You must enter the required information.
[ ]
For example: [access_level]
You are not required to supply input; this input is optional. Optional
parameters come with preset configurations. Changes are only
required to meet the needs of your network.
|
For example: 1483Bridged |
1490Bridged | 1490Routed
A pipe separates mutually exclusive choices.

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Commands can be issued from either the top-level prompt, a submenu, or in some cases from the
FTP loader. Table 1-2 gives examples of command prompts and shortcuts.
You can request help at any time by entering help or ?. A partial command, space and then a
question mark will also yield a help menu. The next sections list, define, and give examples of the
CLI commands.
System level general commands
The system level general commands affect the operation of the CLI. They are not directly related
to 5100/6100 VDR configuration. They do not display when a general help request is made;
however, each has its own help text.
You can view the general commands by entering one of the commands and then issuing the help
or ? commands. Table 1-3 lists the system level general commands, a brief description of each
command, and a page where you can obtain more information.
Table 1-2. Command prompts
Access prompt Example
Default Vpacket # set user add ?
Submenu Vpacket (set user)# add
Shortcut at default Vpacket # show uni
(instead of entering) show unitInformation
FtpLoader FtpLoader(2)> show config info
Table 1-3. System-level general commands
Command Description See...
alias Permits text substitution page 4
broadcast Writes a message to all users logged in page 4
enable Configures system actions (engineering, log, more, support) page 4
exit Exits the current submenu level page 8
help Displays help for a general and specific commands page 8
history Displays a sequence of the last 30 commands page 10
logout Logs out of the current session page 10

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Setting an alias
You can set an alias by issuing the alias command. This command allows you to customize the
commands that you can enter to manage the 5100/6100 VDR.
Syntax: alias <string1> <string2>
Argument:
string1 the alias that you want to set
string2 the command that string1 represents; quotations are necessary around
commands that contain spaces
Example:
In this example, an alias is set so that when a user wants to list the contents of a directory, the user
only has to enter “showme,” which might be more meaningful to the user than entering the dir
command.
Broadcasting a message
You can send a message to all users who are logged-on by issuing the broadcast command. This
command is available for user or admin access level.
Syntax: broadcast <string>
Argument:
string a message, enclosed in quotation marks, that you want sent to the users who are
currently logged on to a 5100/6100 VDR
sendtext Writes text to another user page 11
sleep Forces the console to not accept input for a set number of seconds page 12
who Displays users currently logged in page 12
!x or !! Executes the command given in the history list
(! <number> or !!)
page 13
VPacket# alias showme dir
VPacket#
Table 1-3. (continued) System-level general commands
Command Description See...

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Example:
In this example, an administrator sends the message “testing to begin in 10 minutes” to other
users who may also be logged on at the same time.
Enabling system enhancements
You can enable system enhancements by issuing one or more of the enable commands:
• enable engineering
• enable log
• enable more
• enable support
• enable thishelp
enable engineering
This command provides access to additional commands but activation of the enable
engineering command requires a password that can only be supplied by Vpacket Customer
Support.
Syntax: enable engineering <password>
Arguments:
password is a secret alphanumeric key provided by Customer Support personnel
Example:
You need to contact Vpacket Customer Support to enable this feature.
VPacket# broadcast "testing to begin in 10 minutes"
testing to begin in 10 minutes
VPacket#
VPacket# enable engineering let_me_in
Incorrect password for this feature
VPacket#

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enable log
You can record a session in a text file for later review by issuing the enable log command. The no
enable log command disables this feature.
Syntax:
enable log < input | output | both >
no enable log
Arguments:
input | output | both input records only the commands you enter; output records
only the output generated by the 5100/6100 VDR; both
records input and output
Example:
In this example, the log is enabled to record only the administrator’s input and not messages
generated by the 5100/6100 VDR unit.
enable more
You can enable or disable the pagination of command output in excess of 24 lines for a telnet
client by issuing the enable more command. When active, the message “Press any key to
continue (Q to quit)” is displayed on the screen. The no enable more command disables this
feature.
Syntax:
enable more
no enable more
Example:
In this example, the unit displays all information in a telnet session and paginates the information
in groups of 24 lines. The prompt “press any key to continue” will appear for information in
excess of 24 lines.
VPacket# enable log input
VPacket#
VPacket# enable more
VPacket#