Tips: Cisco vs. Huawei vs. Juniper Basic CLI Commands

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Are you familiar with the primary user interface used for configuring, monitoring, and maintaining your network devices? The networking leaders such as Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, they have their own basic command-line interface (CLI). What is the CLI Command?

Firstly we take the famous Cisco as an example.

Now in this article we listed some essential and basic Commands of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper, which can help you know the basic differences of commands among Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco vs. Huawei Essential Command Mapping

CISCO	HUAWEI
ping	ping
traceroute	tracert
show	display
show interfaces	display interface
Show ip route	display routing-table
Show ip interface	Display ip interface
Show version	Display version
Show ip bgp	Display bgp routing-table
Show clock	Display clock
Show port	Display port-mapping
Show flash	dir flash: (on user view mode)
Show logging	Display logbuffer
Show snmp	Display snmp-agent statistics
Show frame-relay pvc	Display fr pvc-info
Show users	Display users
Show terminal length	screen-length disable undo screen-length disable
enable	Super
disable	Super 0 (number is privilege level from 0 to 3, where 3 is default and equivalent to “enable” on Cisco)
Conf t	System-view
exit	quit
end	return
Show policy-map interface	Display qos policy interface
send	send (on user view mode)
write terminal (sh run)	display current-configuration
Sh startup	Display saved-configuration
[no equivalent: shows the files used for startup]	Display startup
Write erase	Reset saved-configuration
Write mem (or wr or copy run start)	save
clear counters	reset (on user view mode) Reset counters interface
?	?
telnet	telnet
Enable secret (conf mode)	Super pass cipher (system mode)
Term mon	term debu
clock	clock
no	undo
debug / no debug	debugging / undo debugging
copy running-config	Save safely
terminal monitor	terminal monitor
terminal length	screen-length disable undo screen-length disable
terminal no monitor	undo terminal monitor
clear counters	reset counters interface
clear interface	reset counters interface
clear crypto	ipsec sa ike sa
clear access-list counters	reset acl counter all
reload	reboot
shutdown	shutdown
boot	boot bootrom
Aaa	hwtacacs scheme
terminal no monitor	undo terminal monitor
tacacs-server	hwtacacs scheme (in conf command)
snmp-server	tftp-server (in conf command)
router bgp	bgp
Router rip	rip
ip tacacs	hwtacacs nas-ip (this command doesn’t exist !!!)
mtu	Mtu (this command doesn’t exist !!!)
clear ip cef	reset ip fast-forwarding
clear ip route *	reset ip routing-table statistics protocol all
Clear ip bgp	Reset bgp all
Show tech	display diagnostic-information
Sh ip nat translation	Display nat session
Show Controller	display controller (but not relevant for non-modular chassis)
show dsl int atm 0	display dsl status interface Atm 2/0
sho atm pvc	Display atm pvc-info
debug pvc nego	Debug atm all (very dangerous – might crash router)
sho crypto isakmp sa	Display ike sa
sho crypto isakmp key	Display ike peer
sho crypto isakmp police	Display ike proposal

From https://lifeoflogs.blogspot.com/2011/04/cisco-vs-huawei-essential-command.html

CLI Commands Cisco vs. Juniper Router will Help in Troubleshooting

Basic CLI Commands

Description	Cisco IOS	Juniper
To Ping	ping	ping
	traceroute	traceroute
To display date / time	show clock	show system uptime
To display Chassis status	show environment	show chassis environment
To display history of commands entered	show history	show cli history
	show ip traffic	show system statistics
	show logging	show log
	show processes	show system processes
	show running config	show configuration
	show tech-support	request support information
	show users	show system users
	show version	show version
	show arp	show arp
	show interface	show interfaces show interfaces detail show interfaces extensive
	show ip interface brief	show interfaces terse
	show ip route	show route
	show ip route summary	show route summary
	show route-map	show policy
	show tcp	show system connections

	clear counters	clear interface statistics
	clear arp-cache	clear arp
	clear line
	clear ip route

BGP Commands

Description	Cisco IOS	Juniper
	show ip bgp	show route protocol bgp
	show ip bgp community	show route community
	show ip bgp dampened paths	show route damping decayed
	show ip bgp neighbors	show bgp neighbor
	show ip bgp neighbors address advertised-routes	show route advertising-protocol bgp address
	show ip bgp neighbors address received-routes	show route receive-protocol bgp address
	show ip bgp peer-group	show bgp group
	show ip bgp regexp	show route aspath-regex
	show ip bgp summary	show bgp summary

	clear ip bgp	clear bgp neighbor
	clear ip bgp dampening	clear bgp damping

OSPF Commands

*Description*	Cisco IOS	Juniper
	show ip ospf database	show ospf database
	show ip ospf interface	show ospf interface
	show ip ospf neighbor	show ospf neighbor

IS-IS Commands

*Description*	Cisco IOS	Juniper
	show clns neighbor	show isis adjacency
	show isis database	show isis database
	show isis route	show isis routes
	show isis topology	show isis routes
	show isis spf-log	show isis spf log
	clear clns neighbor	clear isis adjacency
	clear isis *	clear isis database