SMC Networks SMC6624M manual Screen Structure and Navigation

Using the Menu Interface

Screen Structure and Navigation

Using the Menu Interface

Screen title – identifies the location within the menu structure

System name

Actions line

Help line describing the selected action or selected parameter field

Screen Structure and Navigation

Menu interface screens include these three elements:

■Parameter fields and/or read-only information such as statistics

■Navigation and configuration actions, such as Save, Edit, and Cancel

■Help line to describe navigation options, individual parameters, and read- only data

For example, in the following System Information screen:

Parameter fields

Help describing each of the items in the parameter fields

Navigation instructions

Figure 4-1. Elements of the Screen Structure

“Forms” Design. The configuration screens, in particular, operate similarly to a number of PC applications that use forms for data entry. When you first enter these screens, you see the current configuration for the item you have selected. To change the configuration, the basic operation is to:

1.Press [E] to select the Edit action.

2.Navigate through the screen making all the necessary configuration changes. (See Table 4-1 on the next page.)

3.Press [Enter] to return to the Actions line. From there you can save the configuration changes or cancel the changes. Cancel returns the configu- ration to the values you saw when you first entered the screen.

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