Navigate Between IOS Modes

Various commands are used to move in and out of command prompts. To move from user EXEC mode to privileged EXEC mode, use the enable command. Use the disable privileged EXEC mode command to return to user EXEC mode.

Note: Privileged EXEC mode is sometimes called enable mode.

To move in and out of global configuration mode, use the configure terminal privileged EXEC mode command. To return to the privileged EXEC mode, enter the exit global config mode command.

There are many different sub-configuration modes. For example, to enter line sub-configuration mode, you use the line command followed by the management line type and number you wish to access. To exit a sub-configuration mode and return to global configuration mode, use the exit command. Notice the changes in the command prompt.

Switch(config)# line console 0
Switch(config-line)#

To move from any sub-configuration mode of the global configuration mode to the mode one step above it in the hierarchy of modes, enter the exit command.

Switch(config-line)# exit
Switch(config)#

To move from any sub-configuration mode to the privileged EXEC mode, enter the end command or enter the key combination Ctrl+Z.

Switch(config-line)# end
Switch#

You can also move directly from one sub-configuration mode to another. Notice how after the network device name, the command prompt changes from (config-line)# to (config-if)#.

Switch(config-line)# interface FastEthernet 0/1
Switch(config-if)#

Click Play in the figure to view a video demonstration of how to move between various IOS CLI modes.

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