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Table 4 Types of Commands Associated with Configuration Tasks (continued)

Type of
Command	Top-Level Menus	Tasks
Quality of Service	qos	Set up classifiers and controls for
management		traffic-policy-based services
Monitoring	log	Set severity levels and services for event
		logging
	analyzer	Monitor the network using a network
		analyzer

Accessing the	Depending on which system you are managing, you access the
Administration	Administration Console in either two steps (for the CoreBuilder 9000) or
Console	one step (for all other systems). See “Accessing Your System” later in this
	section for details.
	For all systems, the Administration Console supports three password
	levels, allowing you to provide different levels of access for a range of
	users.
Password Access	Your access level determines which types of menu commands you can
Levels	use, as described in Table 5.

Table 5 Password Access Levels

Access
Level	For users who need to	Allows users to

Administer	Perform system or module
	setup and management tasks
	(usually a single network
	administrator)
Write	Perform active network
	management

Perform system-level or module-level administration (such as resetting the module or changing passwords)

Configure network parameters (such as setting the aging time for a bridge)

Read	Only view system or module
	parameters

Access only “display” menu items (like display, summary, and detail)