Cisco Systems Network Assistant manual Front Panel View

Chapter 2 Network Assistant Features

Front Panel View

•Menu Bar, Toolbar, and Feature Bar, page 2-4

•Network Assistant Modes, page 2-8

•Wizards, page 2-9

•Smartports, page 2-9

•Privilege Levels, page 2-9

•Updates for Network Assistant, page 2-9

•Online Help, page 2-10

Front Panel View

When Network Assistant connects to a community or a cluster, you can display the Front Panel view of your device by clicking the Front Panel on the toolbar or by choosing Monitor > View > Front Panel on the feature bar. If the device belongs to a community, you see all of the devices that were selected the last time that the front panel view appeared for that community. If the device is a cluster, you see the cluster members that were selected the last time that the view was displayed.

By using the Front Panel view, you can

•Drag and re-arrange the devices that appear.

•Select and configure the devices.

•Right-click a port and configure it.

•Select multiple ports, on the same device or on different devices, and configure the ports at the same time.

Figure 2-2shows a community with these members: Catalyst 4948, 3750, 3560, 3550, 2960, 2955, and 2950 switches and a Catalyst Express 500 switch.

Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant

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