Allied Telesis at-8700xl series switch Context Sensitive GUI Help, Configuring Multiple Devices

Getting Started with the Graphical User Interface (GUI) 37

	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.
	Saving Configuration Entered with the GUI
	Configuration changes applied using the GUI can be saved to a configuration
	script by clicking the Save button at the top of the sidebar menu. A pop-up
	Save window gives you the option of saving to the current configuration file,
	another existing file, or a new file. You can also choose to use this configuration
Save button
	at bootup.
	When the Save button is red, this indicates that changes have been made to the
	configuration and not yet saved. If you attempt to exit the GUI without saving
	the configuration, a pop-up window will allow you to choose whether or not to
	save.
	Combining GUI and CLI Configuration
	You can alternate between the GUI and the CLI without difficulty. Note that
	GUI pages will not automatically refresh to reflect changes in the CLI
	configuration; you must reload the relevant page (for example, by clicking the
	Refresh button on your browser).
	Configuring Multiple Devices
	If you are configuring a number of switches with similar requirements, you
	may wish to:
	1.	Configure one device, using either the CLI or the GUI
	2.	Save that configuration. This creates a configuration file, stored in the
		switch’s FLASH memory. The file consists of a sorted list of the CLI
		commands that make up the configuration
	3.	Upload that file to a PC, using either the CLI or the GUI
	4.	Open the file in a text editor, make changes as required, and download the
		file onto each switch you need to configure.

Software Release 2.6.1 C613-02030-00 REV B