Using the Menu Interface

Overview

Overview

This chapter describes the following features:

Overview of the Menu Interface (page 3-2)

Starting and ending a Menu session (page 3-3)

The Main Menu (page 3-7)

Screen structure and navigation (page 3-9)

Rebooting the switch (page 3-12)

The menu interface operates through the switch console to provide you with a subset of switch commands in an easy-to-use menu format enabling you to:

Perform a “quick configuration” of basic parameters, such as the IP addressing needed to provide management access through your network

Configure these features:

Manager and Operator

A network monitoring port

 

passwords

SNMP community names

 

 

System parameters

IP authorized managers

 

 

IP addressing

• VLANs (Virtual LANs) and GVRP

 

 

Time protocol

Ports

Trunk groups

View status, counters, and Event Log information

Update switch software

Reboot the switch

For a detailed list of menu features, see the “Menu Features List” on page 3-14.

Privilege Levels and Password Security. ProCurve strongly recom­ mends that you configure a Manager password to help prevent unauthorized access to your network. A Manager password grants full read-write access to the switch. An Operator password, if configured, grants access to status and counter, Event Log, and the Operator level in the CLI. After you configure passwords on the switch and log off of the interface, access to the menu interface (and the CLI and web browser interface) will require entry of either the Manager or Operator password. (If the switch has only a Manager pass­ word, then someone without a password can still gain read-only access.)

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