different between user mode and system mode on H3C devices.

1st step telnet or console the devices (h3c switches)
2nd, you will find this by default (if the banner is still default mode, no change have been made to the switch banner)

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<Switch>

As you can see we now in the switch, but we still in the user mode (only can display the configuration, cannot change the configuration yet). In order to change or make the configuration to the switches, we have to be in system mode or configuration mode. Key in this command.

 <Switch>system-view

and press enter. You will see some changes to the prompt.

 [Switch]

now you are in the system mode and can make any change to the configuration of the switch. You can differentiate the user mode and system mode by the prompt of the switch. Summarize as below.

<Switch>       <----- user mode, only can view the config and cannot make any change.

[Switch]         <----- system mode, can make any change to the configuration.


Screenshot as below.