4.15 Navigating in Configuration Mode

While in the configuration hierarchy, you can move up one or more levels of the hierarchy, move to the top level of the hierarchy, or exit the hierarchy completely and go back to the operational mode.

The following example explains how to move between levels in the hierarchy. The user named lab types edit protocols bgp family inet any rib- group . This action takes the user into the appropriate configuration mode and changes the banner to display [edit protocols bgp family inet any rib-group] . From this level in the hierarchy, the user can move up one level by typing the command up . In this example, the user types the command up , and the banner changes to [edit protocols bgp family inet any] . He now types up 2 , and the banner displays [edit protocols bgp] , while the top command takes the user to the top of the configuration-mode hierarchy. You can see that after the user types top , the banner displays [edit] .

 [edit]  lab@Chicago# edit protocols bgp family inet any rib-group [edit protocols bgp family inet any rib-group] lab@Chicago# top [edit] lab@Chicago# edit protocols bgp family inet any rib-group [edit protocols bgp family inet any rib-group] lab@Chicago# up [edit protocols bgp family inet any] lab@Chicago# up 2 [edit protocols bgp] lab@Chicago# top [edit]