Allied Telesis 2.6.1 manual Diagnostics Menu, Changing the Password, Context Sensitive GUI Help

36AT-8800 Series Switch User Guide

The Diagnostics Menu

The GUI’s diagnostics pages enable you to troubleshoot network problems and observe traffic flow, including:

• displaying the number of good and bad packets received and transmitted over each switch port

• displaying the number and type of PPP packets received and transmitted

• displaying the number and type of packets received and transmitted by IP, and discarded by the IP gateway

• displaying the number and type of ICMP and UDP packets received and transmitted

• displaying the number and type of RIP packets received and transmitted; and the octets received and transmitted over each IP route

• displaying the contents of the switch’s file system and how much memory is used and available. You can also delete files

• an interface to the switch’s command line interface, allowing you to enter CLI commands.

	Changing the Password
	As a security precaution, change the password as soon as possible.
	To change the password of the default Manager account, select Management >
	Users from the sidebar menu. Select the Manager account and click Modify.
	For information about passwords, see “Changing a Password” on page 17.
	Context Sensitive GUI Help
	The GUI’s context-sensitive help system is displayed in a pop-up window
	which covers the title of the GUI page. You can move the banner to any part of
	your screen and/or resize it. To display the help, click on the Help button
	above the sidebar menu or on the page for which you require assistance. Three
Help button
	types of help are available:
	■ Click General Page Info to see brief background and process flow
	information. The General Page Info displays when you click the Help
	button.
	■ Click Page Element Info and roll your mouse over an element, to see
	information about that element.
	To freeze the banner’s display so that the help does not change when you
	move the mouse, press the [Ctrl] key. To unfreeze, press [Ctrl] again. Note
	that element information is not available for entries in tables. To see
	descriptions of the columns of tables, click Complete Help Page.
	■ Click Complete Help Page to see all available information, including the
	element information, in a separate printable window.

Software Release 2.6.1 C613-02039-00 REV A