Basic CLI Access
For advanced engineers, you may want to access mbox Command Line Interface (CLI) to configure advanced features for complex deployment scenarios, or to perform in-depth troubleshooting.
mbox Command Line Interface (CLI) provides an intuitive way to manage mbox configurations. There are 4 main modes:
| S.no | Commands | Description |
| 1. | mbox> | unprivileged (read-only) mode. This is the default mode upon initial login (eg. login with support, through console or SSH) |
| 2. | mbox# | privileged (enabled) model. Under read-only mode, enter “enable”, followed by ‘enable’ password to enter enable mode. |
| 3. | mbox (config)# | Configure mode. This is where we start our configuration. Type “configure” under enable mode. |
| 4. | mbox (config-xx)# | Context mode. This is where you configure individual parameters for each config, eg. interface settings, DHCP scope, etc. |
mbox CLI shortcuts:
There’re some interesting short-cut keys you can use to make your work easy and fast with mbox CLI.
| S.No | Short-cut Keys | Description |
| 1. | Ctrl + A | Move to Beginning of the Line |
| 2. | Ctrl + E | Move to End of the Line |
| 3. | Ctrl + C | Clear current line |
| 4. | Ctrl + D | Delete Character on the right of the cursor |
| 5. | Ctrl + K | Delete everything on the right of the cursor |
| 6. | Ctrl + U | Delete everything on the left of the cursor |
| 7. | Ctrl + W | Delete Words on the left of the cursor |
| 8. | Ctrl + L | Clear the screen |
| 9. | ? | shows the list of available commands |
| 10 | no | to remove existing commands |
| 11. | tab/space | Auto completes current command (enter enough character to make it unique) |