Comparison of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper

Command Line
Posted on June 27, 2019 by RS-Tech | 0 Comments

As three of the top vendors in ICT, Cisco, Huawei and Juniper provide us many excellent
products.

However, different vendor, different command line. Every engineer will find that he or she must
learn different command line, when operating those different vendors’ devices.

So, in this article, we collect the command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper below. Hope these
can help.

Table 1. BASIC command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR Juniper – JUNOS Huawei – HVRP

show show display
exit exit / up quit
run do –
end exit return
| include | match | include
_formal | | display-set –
reload request system reboot reboot

Table 2. CONFIGURATION command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR Juniper – JUNOS Huawei – HVRP
show running-config show configuration display current-configuration
show startup-config – display saved-configuration
configure terminal configure / edit system view
hostname hostname system host-name hostname sysname systemname
show (after conf change) show | compare –
commit commit save
shut down disable shut down
no shut down delete interfaces × disable undo shut down
no delete undo

Table 3. SHOW command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR Juniper – JUNOS Huawei – HVRP

show dock show system untime display clock
show ntp status show ntp status display ntp-service status
show history show cll history display history-command
show platform show chassis fpc display device pic-status
admin show platform show chassis fpc detail display device
show environment show chassis environment –
show inventory show chassis hardware –
show diags show chassis hardware –
show memory summary show chassis routing engine display memory-usage
admin show environment | show chassis hardware | match
display power
include pm psm
show system processes
show processes cpu display cpu-usage
extensive
show users show system users display users
show version show version display version
show licence – display licence
– show system alarms display alarm all / active
– show chassis alarms –
show arp show arp display arp all
show interface show interfaces display ip interface
show interface interface show interfaces interface display ip interface interface
show interface interface
– –
statistics
show interface brief show interface terse display ip interface brief
show route show route display ip routing-table
show route summary show route summary –
show route ipv6 show route table inet6.0 display ipv6 routing-table
show policy-map show class-of-service interface –
show policy-map interface show interfaces queue –
show route-map show policy display route-policy
show snmp show snmp statistics display snmp statistics
show tcp show system connections display tcp statistics
show flash show flash dir flash:
show filesystem show system storage dir
show ipv4 traffic show system statistics display ip statistics
show protocols show route protocol –
show bfd session show bfd session display bfd session all
show bfd interfaces location × – displa bfd interface
show interfaces be × show interfaces aex display interface Eth-Trunk ×
show interfaces be × details show interfaces aex details –

Table 4. TSHOOT command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR Juniper – JUNOS Huawei – HVRP

ping ip_address
traceroute ip_address
debug
show tech-support
show logging
no debug
monitor interface interface
terminal monitor
terminal monitor disable
show controllers interface
show access-lists
ping ip_address ping ip_address
traceroute ip_address tracert ip_address
debug debugging
request support info display diagnostic-information
show log messages display logbuffer
undebug all undo debugging
monitor interface interface –
terminal monitor / terminal
monitor start messages
trapping
monitor stop messages undo terminal monitor
show interfaces diagnostic
display controller
optics interface
show firewall display acl ×

Table 5. CLEAR command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR Juniper – JUNOS Huawei – HVRP

clear clear reset
clear interface statistics
clear counters interface reset counters interface ××
interface
 reset ip forwarding-table
clear route clear ip route
statistis protocol all
clear arp-cache clear arp reset arp
clear cef – reset ip fast-forwarding
request system logout
clear line line –
username
clear access-list counters clear firewall –

Table 6. OSPF command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR Juniper – JUNOS Huawei – HVRP

show ospf (summary) show ospf overview display ospf brief
show ospf interface show ospf interface display ospf interface
show ospf database show ospf database display ospf lsdb
show ospf neighbor show ospf neighbor display ospf nexthop
show ospf statistics show ospf statistics display ospf statistics
display ip routing-table
show route ospf show route protocol ospf
protocol ospf
show ospf virtual-links – display ospf vlink

Table 7. ISIS command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR Juniper – JUNOS Huawei – HVRP

display isis interface show isis interface display isis interface
show clns neighbor show isis adjacency display isis peer
show isis database show isis database display isis lsdb
show isis spf-log show isis spf log display isis spf-log
show isis statistics show isis statistics display isis statistics
show isis topoplgy show isis topology –
show isis routes show isis route display isis route
clear isis clear isis database –
clear isis statistics clear isis statistics –
clear clns neighbors clear isis adjacency –

Table 8. BGP command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR Juniper – JUNOS Huawei – HVRP

show bgp
show bgp community
show bgp neighbors
show bgp peer-group
show route bgp
show bgp summary
clear bgp
clear bgp nexthop registration
show route protocol bgp display bgp routing-table
show route community –
show bgp neighbor display bgp peer
show bgp group display bgp group
display ip routing-table
show route protocol bgp
protocol bgp
show bgp summary display bgp peer
clear bgp neighbor reset bgp all
clear bgp neighbor –

Table 9. MPLS command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR Juniper – JUNOS Huawei – HVRP

show mpls interface
show mpls ldp interface
show mpls ldp summay
show mpls ldp bindings
show mpls ldp neighbor brief
show rsvp interface
show rsvp session
show rsvp neighbors
show rsvp counters
show mpls interface display mpls interface
show mpls ldp interface display mpls ldp interface
show ldp overview display mpls ldp all
– –
show ldp neighbor display mpls ldp adjacency
show rsvp interface display mpls rsvp-te interface
show rsvp session display mpls rsvp-te session ×
show rsvp neighbor display mpls rsvp-te peer
display mpls rsvp-te statistics
show rsvp statistics
global

Table 10. MULTICAST command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR Juniper – JUNOS Huawei – HVRP

show mfib/mrib route show multicast route display multicast routing-table
– show multicast statistics display multicast flow-statistic
show igmp interface show igmp interface display igmp interface
show igmp traffic show igmp statistics –
show pim interface show pim interfaces display pim interface
show pim traffic show pim statistics –
Table 11. VRRP command line of Cisco, Huawei and Juniper.

Cisco – IOX XR Juniper – JUNOS Huawei – HVRP

show verp interface interface show verp interface interface display verp interface interface
show verp status show verp brief display verp brief
show verp statistics – display verp statistics
show verp summary show verp summary –