Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Command Reference

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December 7, 2011

Chapter: R Commands

R Commands

This chapter describes the basic Cisco NX-OS system commands that begin with R.

reload

To reload the switch and all attached Fabric Extender chassis or a specific Fabric Extender, use the reload command.

reload { all | fex chassis_ID }

 
Syntax Description

all

Reboots the entire Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch and all attached Fabric Extender chassis.

fex chassis_ID

Reboots a specific Fabric Extender chassis. The chassis ID is from 100 to 199.

 
Command Default

Reloads the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch.

 
Command Modes

EXEC mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(2)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

The reload command disrupts traffic on the switch and Fabric Extender.

Note The reload command does not save the running configuration. Use the copy running-config startup-config command to save the current configuration on the device.

Examples

This example shows how to reload the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch:

switch# copy running-config startup-config
switch# reload
This command will reboot the system. (y/n)? [n] y
 

This example shows how to reload a Fabric Extender:

switch# reload fex 101
WARNING: This command will reboot FEX 101
Do you want to continue? (y/n) [n] y
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

copy running-config startup-config

Copies the current running configuration to the startup configuration.

show version

Displays information about the software version.

rmdir

To remove a directory, use the rmdir command.

rmdir [ filesystem : [// server /]] directory

 
Syntax Description

filesystem:

(Optional) Name of the file system. Valid values are bootflash, modflash, or volatile.

// server /

(Optional) Name of the server. Valid values are ///, //module-1/, //sup-1/, //sup-active/, or //sup-local/. The double slash (//) is required.

directory

Name of a directory to delete. The directory name is case sensitive.

Note There can be no spaces in the filesystem://server/directory string. Individual elements of this string are separated by colons (:) and slashes (/).

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

EXEC mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(2)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

Examples

This example shows how to remove a directory:

switch# rmdir my_files
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

cd

Changes the current working directory.

delete

Deletes a file or directory.

dir

Displays the directory contents.

pwd

Displays the name of the current working directory.

run-script

To run a command script file at the command-line interface (CLI), use the run-script command.

run-script [ filesystem :[ // module / ]][ directory / ] filename

 
Syntax Description

filesystem :

(Optional) Name of a file system. The name is case sensitive.

// module /

(Optional) Identifier for a supervisor module. Valid values are sup-active, sup-local, sup-remote, or sup-standby. The identifiers are case sensitive.

directory /

(Optional) Name of a directory. The name is case sensitive.

filename

Name of the command file. The name is case sensitive.

Note There can be no spaces in the filesystem://server/directory/filename string. Individual elements of this string are separated by colons (:) and slashes (/).

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

EXEC mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(2)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

You must create the command file on a remote device and download it to the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch using the copy command.

Examples

This example shows how to run a command script file:

switch# run-script script-file
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

cd

Changes the current working directory.

copy

Copies files.

dir

Displays the directory contents.

echo

Displays a test string on the terminal.

pwd

Displays the name of the current working directory.

sleep

Causes the CLI to pause for a defined number of seconds.

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