Digital Networks North America DNswitch 800 manual Areas of the User Interface

Table 2-1. Areas of the User Interface

AreaFunction

1Presents a graphical near real-time image of the front panel of the selected switch. This area displays the switch’s ports, showing port activity, duplex mode, or flow control, depending on the specified mode.

Various areas of the graphic can be selected for performing management functions, including the ports, management, or the case.

2Displays a list of links allowing you to go to the associated menu or screen by selecting the item.

3Presents system information based on your selection.

Table 2-2describes configuration and system information functions available In Area 2.

	Table 2-2. Area 2 Functions
Function	Description
System	Provides basic system description, including contact information.
Switch	Shows hardware/firmware version numbers and power status of the
	switch.
IP	Includes boot state, IP address, and Telnet session count.
SNMP	Configures communities and trap managers; and activates traps.
Security	Sets password for system access.
Upgrade	Downloads new version of firmware to update your system.
Configure	Allows you to save/restore the switch configuration to a file on a server.
Address Table	Provides full listing or unicast addresses, sorted by address or VLAN.
STA	Enables Spanning Tree Algorithm; also sets parameters for switch
	priority, hello time, maximum message age, and forward delay; as well
	as port priority and path cost.
Bridge	Displays/configures extended bridge capabilities provided by this
Extension	switch, including support for traffic classes, GMRP multicast filtering,
	and VLAN extensions.
Priority	Configures default port priorities and queue assignments.
VLAN	Allows you to restrict management access to the switch to one VLAN.
Management
VLAN	Configures VLAN group members, automatic registration with GVRP,
	and other port-specific VLAN settings.
IGMP	Configures IGMP multicast filtering.
Port	Enables any port, sets communication mode to auto-negotiation, full
	duplex or half duplex, and enables/disables flow control.
Mirror	Sets the source and target ports for mirroring.
Trunk	Specifies ports to group into aggregate trunks.
Statistics	Displays statistics on network traffic passing through the selected port.

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