Chapter 6. Port Access

ŠOutlets that are On have their icons in Amber; the icons are Gray for outlets that are Off.

ŠTo access and operate a port, double click its icon. Port operation details are discussed in Chapter 12, Port Operation.

Note: 1. In the Browser version, you can open as many port viewers as there are ports, but the number of ports that you see depends on the number of buses that the switch supports. For example, if the switch supports 4 buses, the 5th viewer displays the same port as the 1st viewer; the 6th viewer displays the same screen as the 2nd viewer, etc.

In the AP GUI version you can only access one port at a time. To see two different ports, you would have to log in two separate times.

2.If the CC Management function is enabled (see page 158), PON devices and Blade Servers do not appear in the Sidebar, even if they are configured on the switch. This is because they are managed via the CC server.

Sidebar Utilities

The AP GUI version Port Access Connections page provides a convenient method to work with the Sidebar tree. When you right-click an item, a list with two options pops up – Expand/Collapse and Copy, as explained below:

Item

User Type

Explanation

 

 

 

Expand/

Administrators

Š If the device’s ports are nested (not displayed), the

Collapse

Users

dialog box entry is Expand. Click Expand to display

 

 

the nested ports.

 

 

Š If the device’s ports are displayed, the dialog box

 

 

entry is Collapse. Click Collapse to nest the ports.

 

 

Note: 1. This item only appears for switches, or for

 

 

ports that have connected child devices

 

 

2. This has the same effect as clicking the + or -

 

 

in the tree structure.

 

 

 

Copy

Administrators

This item is only available for ports. After selecting

 

Users

Copy, you can Paste the port into the Favorites page.

 

See Adding a Favorite, page 109 for details

 

 

 

 

 

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