700 Series Managed Switch User’s Guide for Software v2.1

There are several characteristics to the CMI pages that are necessary to know before proceeding to use it. The TAB key or the arrow keys may be used to move within menus and sub-screens. At the bottom of every screen are some key commands available to the user for that particular screen, as well as some helpful information.

The common keystrokes and their definitions and intricacies are listed below:

ESC

Return to the previous menu or screen, or abort editing

Tab

Select field

Ctrl-L

Refresh the screen

Ctrl-D

Log off (password enabled)

Ctrl-M

Move to field (Switch Statistics and Port Configuration menus only)

Ctrl-W

Saves current configuration to Non-Volatile RAM (NVRAM)

Spacebar

Toggles between possible settings for a field

Enter

Select a menu item, edit a field, or accept a value after editing a field

Ctrl-X

Delete a table entry

The main menu displays all the sub-menus that are available. Striking ‘Enter’ when an option is highlighted will confirm the choice of the specified sub-menu. The ‘hotkey’ or letter in front of each menu option can also be typed to directly choose that option. As shown below, there are six menu items to choose from:

Figure 4-5: Main Menu

To logout of the user interface, hit Ctrl-D at any time during your telnet session. You will be brought back to the login screen (password enabled) or Main Menu (password disabled).

4-4

Administration Console Telnet Interface

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