Cisco CLI Cheatsheet

Cisco CLI Cheatsheet

General Commands

CommandDescription
enable
Enter privileged mode
configure terminal
Enter configuration mode
exit
Exit current mode
show running-config
View current configuration
show startup-config
View saved configuration
write memory
Save configuration
show version
System version info
show interfaces
View interfaces

VLAN & Switching

CommandDescription
vlan 10
Create VLAN 10
interface vlan 10
Configure VLAN interface
switchport mode access
Set port as access
switchport access vlan 10
Assign VLAN to port
show vlan brief
View VLANs
spanning-tree mode rapid-pvst
Enable Rapid-PVST

Routing

CommandDescription
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1
Add static route
router ospf 1
Enable OSPF process 1
network 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
Add network to OSPF
show ip route
View routing table

BGP

CommandDescription
router bgp 65001
Enable BGP with ASN 65001
neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as 65002
Add BGP neighbor
network 10.0.0.0 mask 255.0.0.0
Advertise network in BGP

IP Services / Security

CommandDescription
show access-lists
View ACLs
copy running-config startup-config
Save configuration
ping 8.8.8.8
Check host reachability
traceroute 8.8.8.8
Trace route