Using WebView

WebView Overview

 

 

 

 

View/Configuration Area

Configuration Group

Toolbar

Configuration

Feature

Banner

Feature

Options

WebView Chassis Home Page

Banner

The following features are available in the WebView Banner:

•Options—Brings up the User Options Page, which is used to change the user login password.

•Save Config—Brings up the Save Configuration Screen. Click Apply to save the switch’s running configuration for the next startup.

•Help—Brings up general WebView Help. Specific help pages are also available on each configuration page.

•About—Provides basic WebView product information.

•Telnet—Brings up a Telnet session window, through which you can access the switch for CLI config- uration.

•Log Out—Logs the user out of the switch and ends the user session. After logout, the login screen appears. The user can log back into the switch or just close the login screen.

Toolbar

Switch configuration is divided into configuration groups in the toolbar (for example, Physical, Layer 2, etc.). Under each configuration group are switch features, identified by a name and an icon.

For detailed configuration information on each feature, see other chapters in this guide or the OmniSwitch 6624/6648 Network Configuration Guide or Advanced Routing Configuration Guide. Help pages are also available in WebView.

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omniswitch specifications

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