Enterasys Networks 5G1XX, 5H1XX Accessing Local Management

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Accessing Local Management

To provide you with an overall awareness of the Local Management screens used to configure the

module and the default settings for each parameter, this chapter provides information about the

following:

•Navigating through the Local Management hierarchy. A flowchart provides a quick overview of

the menu screens and their subordinate screens (Section3.1). You are also introduced to the the

types of information displayed on a screen, and how to use the cursor to navigate to various

screen fields to select menu items and make pa rameter changes.

•Description of a typical screen layout and how to use the menu items to access other screens

(Section 3.2).

•Accessing the Password screen to enter a Local Management session (Section 3.3).

•The default settings for each switch configuration parameter. These are the parameters that can

be changed via a terminal connected to the COM port of the module or a Telnet session

Section3.4.

The switch module Local Management application consists of a series of menu screens. Navigate

through Local Management by selecting items from the menu screens. Figure3-1 shows the

hierarchy of the Local Management screens.

Depending on the firmware version used in the switch module, some features described in th is

document may not be supported. Refer to the Release Notes shipped with the switch mod ule to

determine which features are supported.

NOTE: At the beginning of each chapter, a section entitled “Screen Navigation Path”

shows the navigation path to the first screen described in the chapter.