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Using the Menu Interface

Starting and Ending a Menu Session

If the switch has neither a Manager nor an Operator password, anyone having access to the console interface can operate the console with full manager privileges. Also, if you configure only an Operator password, entering the Operator password enables full manager privileges.

For more information on passwords, refer to the Access Security Guide for your switch.

Menu Interaction with Other Interfaces.

■The menu interface displays the current running-config parameter set- tings. You can use the menu interface to save configuration changes made in the CLI only if the CLI changes are in the running config when you save changes made in the menu interface. (For more on how switch memory manages configuration changes, see Chapter 6, “Switch Memory and Configuration”.)

■A configuration change made through any switch interface overwrites earlier changes made through any other interface.

■The Menu Interface and the CLI (Command Line Interface) both use the switch console. To enter the menu from the CLI, use the menu command. To enter the CLI from the Menu interface, select Command Line (CLI) option.)

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Starting and Ending a Menu Session

You can access the menu interface using any of the following:

■A direct serial connection to the switch’s console port, as described in the installation and getting started guide you received with the switch

■A Telnet connection to the switch console from a networked PC or the switch’s web browser interface. Telnet requires that an IP address and subnet mask compatible with your network have already been configured on the switch.

This section assumes that either a terminal device is already configured and connected to the switch (see the Installation and Getting Started Guide) or that you have already configured an IP address on the switch (required for Telnet access).

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