Chapter 6. Port Access

The meanings of the pop-up items are explained in the following table:

Item

User Type

Explanation

 

 

 

Expand/

Administrators

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

Collapse

Users

the dialog box entry is Expand. Click Expand to

 

 

open the tree and display the 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

 

 

ports that have child devices connected to

 

 

them.

 

 

2. This has the same effect as clicking the +

 

 

or - in the tree view.

 

 

 

Rename

Administrators

For convenience – especially in large installations

 

Users

with many switches and ports – each switch and

 

each port can be given a name. See Port Naming,

 

 

 

 

page 88, for details.

 

 

 

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 94, for details.

 

 

 

 

 

Properties

Administrators

This item allows you to configure the properties for

 

 

a switch or port.

 

 

Š For switches, clicking this item takes you to the

 

 

Device Management page. See Device

 

 

Management, page 121, for configuration details.

 

 

Š For ports, a dialog box opens allowing you to

 

 

make configuration settings for that port.

 

 

See Port Properties, page 86, for details.

 

 

 

Export

Administrators

This item is only available through a remote login

Configuration

 

and is only available for switches. It allows you to

 

 

save the configuration settings for the switch in an

 

 

external file (SysConfig.cfg). Simply click Export

 

 

Config; browse to where you want to save the file;

 

 

then click Save.

Import

Administrators

This item is only available through a remote login

Configuration

 

and is only available for switches. It imports

 

 

previously saved configuration settings. Click

 

 

Import Config. In the dialog box that comes up,

 

 

browse to where the saved configuration file is

 

 

located; select the setting components you wish to

 

 

import; then click Import.

 

 

 

Mount

Administrators

This item is only available through a Local Console

 

Users

login. It appears when a USB device is plugged into

 

the switch’s USB port and allows you to mount the

 

 

 

 

device and make it available to users logged into

 

 

the installation.

 

 

 

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