Using the Menu Interface

Screen Structure and Navigation

Table 3-1. How To Navigate in the Menu Interface

Task:Actions:

Execute an action from the “Actions –>” list at the bottom of the screen:

Use either of the following methods:

•Use the arrow keys ([<], or [>]) to highlight the action you want to execute, then press [Enter].

•Press the key corresponding to the capital letter in the action name. For example, in a configuration menu, press [E] to select Edit and begin editing parameter values.

Reconfigure (edit) a

1.

Select a configuration item, such as System Name. (See figure

parameter setting or a

 

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field:

2.

Press [E] (for Edit on the Actions line).

 

3.

Use [Tab] or the arrow keys ([<], [>], [^], or [v]) to highlight the

 

 

item or field.

 

4.

Do one of the following:

 

 

– If the parameter has preconfigured values, either use the

 

 

Space bar to select a new option or type the first part of your

 

 

selection and the rest of the selection appears automatically.

 

 

(The help line instructs you to “Select” a value.)

 

 

– If there are no preconfigured values, type in a value (the Help

 

 

line instructs you to “Enter” a value).

 

5.

If you want to change another parameter value, return to step 3.

 

6.

If you are finished editing parameters in the displayed screen,

 

 

press [Enter] to return to the Actions line and do one of the

 

 

following:

 

 

– To save and activate configuration changes, press [S] (for the

 

 

Save action). This saves the changes in the startup

 

 

configuration and also implements the change in the

 

 

currently running configuration. (See Chapter 6, “Switch

 

 

Memory and Configuration”.)

 

 

– To exit from the screen without saving any changes that you

 

 

have made (or if you have not made changes), press [C] (for

 

 

the Cancel action).

 

 

Note: In the menu interface, executing Save activates most

 

 

parameter changes and saves them in the startup configuration

 

 

(or flash) memory, and it is therefore not necessary to reboot the

 

 

switch after making these changes. But if an asterisk appears

 

 

next to any menu item you reconfigure, the switch will not

 

 

activate or save the change for that item until you reboot the

 

 

switch. In this case, rebooting should be done after you have

 

 

made all desired changes and then returned to the Main Menu.

 

7.

When you finish editing parameters, return to the Main Menu.

 

8.

If necessary, reboot the switch by highlighting Reboot Switch in

 

 

the Main Menu and pressing [Enter]. (See the Note, above.)

 

 

Exit from a read-only

Press [B] (for the Back action).

screen.

 

 

 

 

 

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