The following value prompts are defined as to their use in the CLI.
A bridge ID is an identification number for the bridge device. Represented as an 8 octet address. The first two octets indicate the bridge identification number, the remaining six octets are the bridge physical address. See the following example:
01:02:10:C5:11:06:00:77 === 01:02 for Bridge ID
Counter displays statistical information monitored by the device. Counters have read-only access. Counters are expressed as non-negative integers. They can be incremented but not deincremented. The unit of measure displayed by the counter is usually identified on the screen.
Gauge displays a percentage utilization of the device resources. Gauge has read-only access permission. Gauge is expressed as an integer value. The resource measured and displayed by gauge is usually identified on the screen.
Integer requires that the user enter a number value. In some cases, a decimal value will be permitted. The value entered by the user must be between the range displayed on the screen. See the following example:
INTEGER (1..32)
IPAddress requires that the user enter an IP Address. This value must be expressed as a four octet address with a dot (.) separating the octets. See the example:
IPAddress 199.245.20.77
Netnumber requires that the user enter a network identification number. This value must be expressed as a four octets in hexadecimal notation. This prompt only appears in the IPX service. Applicable range is from 0x01 to 0xffffffff. A hexadecimal prefix, such as (0x) is required.
Phyaddress is used to model media addresses and has to be entered a 6 octet address in the canonical order. See the example:
10:C5:11:06:00:77
String requires that the user enter ASCII text data. All string values must be entered between quote (" ").characters. The range for the number of text characters allowed is displayed on the screen. The null string will be accepted only if the minimum range shown on the screen starts with zero (0) as shown in the example. If the range starts with 1, the null character will not be allowed.
STRING (0..255)
Timeout displays information about the spanningtree timer as monitored by the device. Timeout has read-only access permission. Timeout is expressed in units of 1/100 of a second.
Timeticks displays statistical information as monitored by the device. Timeticks have read-only access permission. Timeticks are expressed as an integer value in 1/100 of a second.