SRC-PE Release 1.0.x CLI User Guide > Using Commands and Statements to Configure the SRC Software > Entering and Exiting Configuration Mode

Entering and Exiting Configuration Mode

You configure the SRC software by entering configuration mode and creating a hierarchy of configuration mode statements.

Users must have configure permission to view and use the configure command to enter configuration mode. When in configuration mode, users can view and modify only those statements for which they have access privileges set.

Entering Configuration Mode

To enter configuration mode:

• Use the configure command.

user@host> configure 

Entering configuration mode.

When you enter configuration mode, the following configuration mode commands are available:

[edit]

user@host# ? 

Possible completions:

commit               Commit a set of changes

delete               Delete a configuration statement or identifier

edit                 Specify edit level in hierarchy

exit                 Exit from this level

help                 Display help about commands and statements

history              Display command history

insert               Insert an identifier

load                 Load configuration from an ASCII file

rename               Rename a statement or identifier

rollback             Discard current set of changes

run                  Run an operational mode command

save                 Save configuration to an ASCII file

set                  Set a configuration property

show                 Display configuration information

top                  Return to top level of configuration mode

up                   Move up one level in hierarchy

Exiting from Configuration Mode

To exit configuration mode:

• Use the exit configuration-mode command from any level.

or

Use the exit command from the top level.

For example:

[edit shared sae configuration time-based-policies]

user@host# exit configuration-mode 

Exiting configuration mode.

user@host> 

[edit]

user@host# exit 

Exiting configuration mode.

user@host> 

If you try to exit from configuration mode by using the exit command and the configuration contains changes that have not been committed, you see a message:

[edit shared sae configuration time-based-policies]

user@host# exit configuration-mode 

Exiting configuration mode.

The configuration has been changed but not committed.

user@host>