Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands

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Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands

This chapter contains an alphabetical listing of all switch and ROM monitor commands available on the Catalyst 6000 and 6500 series switches.

alias

Use the alias command to set and display aliases.

alias [name=value]

Syntax Description


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

Default

This command has no default setting.

Command Type

ROM monitor command.

Command Mode

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. Otherwise, the change is not saved and a reset removes your change.

Example

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 Command

unalias

boot

Use the boot command to boot up an external process.

boot [-xv] [device:][imagename]

Syntax Description


-x	(Optional) Load the image but do not execute.
-v	(Optional) Toggle verbose mode.
device:	(Optional) ID of the device.
imagename	(Optional) Name of the image.

Default

This command has no default setting.

Command Type

ROM monitor command.

Command Mode

Normal.

Usage Guidelines

With no arguments, boot will boot the first image in bootflash. Specify an image by typing its name. Specify the device by typing the device ID.

If no device is given with an imagename, 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.

Example

This example shows how to use the boot command:

rommon> boot bootflash:cat6000-sup.5.2.1.CSX.bin
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Uncompressing file:  ####################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################

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