CHAPTER
3-1
Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Software Configuration Guide
78-11194-03
3
Getting Started with CMS
This chapter provides these topics about the Cluster Management Suite (CMS) software:
Features, page 3-2
Front Panel View, page 3-4
Topology View, page 3-10
Menus and Toolbar, page 3-15
Interaction Modes, page 3-26
Wizards, page 3-26
Online Help, page 3-27
CMS Window Components, page 3-28
Accessing CMS, page 3-30
Verifying Your Changes, page 3-32
Saving Your Changes, page 3-32
Using Different Versions of CMS, page 3-33
Where to Go Next, page 3-33
Note For system requirements and for browser and Java plug-in configur ation procedures, refer to the
release notes.
For procedures for using CMS, refer to the online help.
Note This chapter describes the CMS interface of the Catalyst 3550 sw itch es. R efer to the appr opr iate
switch documentation for descriptions of the web-based management software used on o ther Catalyst
switches.