Description

When a portion of the EX switch configuration is displayed in another window on your terminal or computer and you want to copy it to another EX switch and activate it, the load merge terminal or load override terminal command comes in handy. This is a great technique when you are copying configuration text from a browser or email window or when you are propagating identical or similar configurations from one EX switch to another.

Including the override option with the load override terminal command replaces the entire candidate configuration with the contents of the terminal you are loading. If you are just adding a new section to the configuration, use the load merge terminal command instead.

Symptoms

If the user types CTRL +Z instead of CTRL +D after load merge/override terminal the user root is first dumped into the shell prompt. Once the user root logs into the CLI and then goes into edit mode, the edit mode hangs and does not accept any commands.

For example:

root@switch> configure
root@switch# load merge terminal
[Type ^D at a new line to end input]
poe {
    interface all;
}
^Z pressed here instead of ^ D by Error

Suspended
root@switch%

Solution

In order to restore the CLI edit mode view output, follow the steps described below:


  1. Execute the command 'fg' at the shell prompt:
    user@switch% fg
    cli

    NOTE: At this point the CLI process comes back to the foreground
  2. Paste the configuration snippet again and Press CTRL +D this time
    poe {
    interface all;
    }
    ^D
    load complete
    user@switch# commit
    commit complete

NOTE: If you have entered the 'edit' mode after pressing CTRL+ Z by error and the edit mode is not responsive, follow the steps described below:

  1. Press CTRL Z to escape the mode
    root@switch> cli
    root@switch# edit

    <this edit mode is not responsive>

    ^Z
    Suspended
    root@switch%
  2. Execute the command 'jobs' to view suspended jobs and kill the CLI suspended job.
    root@switch% jobs
    [1] +Suspended cli

    root@switch% kill %1
    [1] Terminated cli
  3. Enter the CLI mode, then edit mode; View the modified configuration and commit the changes
    root@switch% cli
    root@switch> edit
    root@switch# show poe
    interface all;

    root@switch# commit