CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

Configuration Options

Configurable parameters have a dialog box or a drop-down list. Once a configuration change has been made on a page, be sure to click on the “Apply” or “Apply Changes” button to confirm the new setting. The following table summarizes the Web page configuration buttons.

Button

Action

Revert

Cancels specified values and restores current values

 

prior to pressing “Apply” or “Apply Changes.”

 

 

Refresh

Immediately updates values for the current page.

 

 

Apply

Sets specified values to the system.

 

 

Apply Changes

Sets specified values to the system.

 

 

Notes: 1. To ensure proper screen refresh, be sure that Internet Explorer 5.x is configured as follows: Under the menu “Tools / Internet Options / General / Temporary Internet Files / Settings,” the setting for item “Check for newer versions of stored pages” should be “Every visit to the page.”

2.When using Internet Explorer 5.0, you may have to manually refresh the screen after making configuration changes by pressing the browser’s refresh button.

Panel Display

The Web agent displays an image of the switch’s ports, indicating whether each link is up or down. The Mode can be set to display different information for the ports, including Active (i.e., up or down), Duplex (i.e., half or full duplex), or Flow Control (i.e., with or without flow control). Clicking on the image of a port opens the Port Configuration page as described on page 3-67.

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SMC Networks SMC6724L3 manual Panel Display, Button Action