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Chapter 3 Getting S tar ted with CMS Menus and Toolbar

You can set the type of i nformat ion displaye d in the Topology view by changing the settings in the

Topology Op tio ns wind ow. To displ ay this window, selec t View > Topolo gy Op tions . Fr om this

window, you can select:

•Device icons (incl uding I P Pho nes , CPE devices , N ei ghbors, A cce ss Points, a nd Candida tes ) th at

you want d i splayed in or filtere d fr om the Top ology View window

•Interface I Ds a nd Actua l Sp ee d values tha t yo u want di spla yed in the Li nk w indow

•Host Name s, IP addresse s, and MAC address labels that you want displaye d in the Node window

Menus and Tool bar

The co nfigur ation a nd moni tori ng opt ions for configu ring sw itche s an d s wit ch c lust ers ar e available

from menu s and a toolbar.

The menu bar provides the co mplet e list of optio ns for managing a single swi tch and switc h cluster.

Options di splayed fro m the menu bar can vary:

Note The menu-bar options on a Catalyst 2950 switch change depending on whether the switch is running the

enhanced software image (EI) or the standard image (SI). The footnotes in Table 3-11 list the options

available if the switch is running the EI. The Catalyst 2950 LRE switch has only one software image

available, an d it co nt ains bo th st anda rd and e nhanc e d func ti onal ity.

•Access modes af fect the av ailability of features fr om CMS. The footn otes in Table 3-11 descri be the

availability of an option based on your access mode in CMS: read-only (access level 1–14) and

read-write (access level 15). For more information about how access modes affect CMS, see the

“Access Mode s in C MS” sec tio n on pa ge 3-31.

•The opt ion f or en ab ling a co mmand sw it ch i s only available from a C MS se ssion laun ch ed f rom a

command-capable switch.

•Cluster management tasks, such as upgrading the software of groups of switches, are available only

from a CMS session launched fro m a comman d switch.

•If you launch CMS from a specific switch, the menu bar displays the features supported only by that

switch.

•If you laun ch CM S fro m a comm an d swi tch , t he me nu b ar disp lays t he f eat ures supp orte d on t he

switches in the cluster, with these exceptions:

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If the command switch is a Layer 3 switch, such as a Catalyst 3550 switch, the menu bar

displays the features of all Layer 3 and Layer 2 switches in the cluster.

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If the c ommand switch is a Layer 2 sw itch, such as a Catalyst 2 950 or Cataly st 3500 XL s witch,

the menu bar displays the features of all Layer 2 switches in the cluster. The menu bar does not

display La yer 3 features even if the cluster has Catalyst 3550 Layer 3 membe r switches.