Using the Menu Interface

Main Menu Features

Main Menu FeaturesFigure 3-3. The Main Menu View with Manager Privileges

The Main Menu gives you access to these Menu interface features:

■Status and Counters: Provides access to display screens showing switch information, port status and counters, and port and VLAN address tables. (Refer to Appendix B, “Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Opera- tion”.)

■Switch Configuration: Provides access to configuration screens for displaying and changing the current configuration settings. (See the Con- tents listing at the front of this manual.) For a listing of features and parameters configurable through the menu interface, see the “Menu Fea- tures List” on page 3-14.For an index of the features covered in the software manuals for your switch, refer to the “Software Feature Index” on page -xxii.

■Console Passwords: Provides access to the screen used to set or change Manager-level and Operator-level passwords, and to delete Manager and Operator password protection. (Refer to the chapter on configuring user- names and passwords in the Access Security Guide for your switch.)

■Event Log: Enables you to read progress and error messages that are useful for checking and troubleshooting switch operation. (See “Using the Event Log for Troubleshooting Switch Problems” on page C-24.)

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