Chapter 21. Command Line Interface

The FB2900 provides a traditional command-line interface (CLI) environment that can be used to check status information, and control some aspects of the unit's operation.

The CLI is accessed via the 'telnet' protocol - the FB2900 implements a telnet server, which you can connect to using any common telnet client program. To learn how to enable the telnet server, and to set-up access restrictions, please refer to Section 15.4.

Note

The CLI is not normally used to change the configuration of the unit - that must be done via the web interface. Whilst most commands can be carried out via the web interface, there are a few that can only be performed via the CLI.

The CLI has the following features :-

Please refer to Appendix J for command details.