The MD-CLI Command Prompt

The MD-CLI command prompt displays on two lines. The first line contains the following information:

• baseline status indicator

  This indicator displays an exclamation mark (!) to indicate an out-of-date baseline when in a configuration mode.

• uncommitted changes indicator

  This indicator displays an asterisk (*) to indicate uncommitted configuration changes when in a configuration mode.

• configuration mode reference

  When in a configuration mode, a configuration mode reference is displayed:

  • in round brackets for an explicit configuration workflow

  • prepended to the context, separated by a colon for an implicit configuration workflow

  The configuration mode reference can be one of the following:

  • ex — exclusive mode

  • gl — global mode

  • pr — private mode

  • ro — read-only mode

• context

  The present working context is displayed in square brackets ([]) when in operational or configuration mode.

For an explicit configuration workflow, the format of the first line is as follows:

<baseline status indicator > <uncommitted changes indicator> (<configuration mode>) [context]

Examples:

(ro)[/]

(ex)[/configure router "Base" bgp]

For an implicit configuration workflow, the format of the first line is as follows:

<baseline status indicator > <uncommitted changes indicator> [<configuration mode>:context]

Examples:

[ro:/configure]

*[ex:/configure]

The second line contains the following information:

• CPM

  The active CPM slot can be A or B on 7450 ESS and 7750 SR routers, and A,B,C, or D on 7950 XRS routers.

• user

  The user is the name of the current user for this session.

• name

  The name is the system name, as configured with the configure system name command. The system name can change dynamically during the session if it is configured to a different name.

The format of the second line is as follows:

CPM:user@name#

The following examples display the two-line prompt in different modes.

• prompt in operational mode

  [/]
  A:admin@node-2#
  

• prompt in the operational root, with exclusive configuration mode

  (ex)[/]
  A:admin@node-2#
  

• prompt in operational mode show router bgp

  [/show router "Base" bgp]
  A:admin@node-2#
  

• prompt in exclusive configuration mode configure router bgp

  (ex)[/configure router "Base" bgp]
  A:admin@node-2#
  

• prompt in exclusive configuration mode configure router bgp with uncommitted changes

  *(ex)[/configure router "Base" bgp]
  A:admin@node-2#
  

• implicit configuration workflow prompt for a session in private configuration mode, with present working context of configure router bgp with uncommitted changes in the private candidate datastore, and the baseline datastore out-of-date

  !*[pr:/configure router "Base" bgp]
  A:admin@node-2#