MD-CLI Overview

This guide provides a comparison of the Nokia SR OS Model-Driven Command Line Interface (MD-CLI) to those used by Junos OS and IOS XR.

For more information about the MD-CLI, see the following resources:

SR OS Release Notes for your current release
7450 ESS, 7750 SR, 7950 XRS, and VSR MD-CLI User Guide
7450 ESS, 7750 SR, 7950 XRS, and VSR MD-CLI Command Reference Guide
MD-CLI introductory videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgKNvl454BxcgfUQGMAEGE4yiV8c-ZDLu

Table 1 describes command syntax symbols used in this guide.

Table 1. Command Syntax Symbols
Symbol	Description
\|	A vertical bar represents an OR, indicating that only one of the parameters in the brackets or parentheses can be selected.
( )	Parentheses indicate that one of the parameters must be selected.
[ ]	Brackets indicate optional parameters.
Bold	Commands in bold indicate commands and keywords.
Italic	Commands in italics indicate that you must enter text based on the parameter. interface interface-name

In the following examples, location and graceful-shutdown are command names. For the location command, keyword must be one of the keywords cf1, cf2, or cf3. For the graceful-shutdown command, boolean must be one of the keywords true or false, although explicitly using the keyword true is optional.

location keyword

keyword - (cf1 | cf2 | cf3)

graceful-shutdown boolean

boolean - ([true] | false)