Nortel Networks 5100 Creating a configuration, Viewing pending changes, Clearing pending changes

Nortel Switched Firewall Browser-Based Interface Users Guide

Pending changes are also discarded if you do not submit them before the inactivity timeout value on BBI sessions elapses. The BBI inactivity timeout value is five minutes and cannot be changed.

Creating a configuration

To create a configuration, do the following:

1)Select the appropriate menu item and subpage.

2)Modify fields in the appropriate forms display areas.

3)Click Update to submit the changes to the pending configuration.

Viewing pending changes

To view pending changes before they are applied, do the following:

1)Click global Diff .

2)View the global Diff form.

3)Click Back to return to the current form.

Clearing pending changes

To clear pending changes, do one of the following:

„Click global Revert and return to the configuration. TIP: You cannot use the global Revert command to restore the previous configuration after you submit the Apply command.

„Close the browser.

Submitting changes

To submit the form changes for application, do the following:

1)Click global Apply. TIP: The global Apply command allows updates on multiple forms to be put into effect all at once. The Apply function validates the changes to the configuration before applying them, and Apply fails if invalid settings are used. See Figure 75 on page 107, Administration/Monitor/GUI Lock form. To prevent conflicts, any user logged in as administrator (username admin) can take control of the GUI lock before changing or creating a configuration.

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