Starting the Web-based Switch Configuration Utility

This section describes how to navigate the web-based switch configuration utility.

Browser Restrictions

If you are using a pop-up blocker, make sure it is disabled.

Browser Restrictions

Logging In

The default username is cisco and the default password is cisco. The first time that you log in with the default username and password, you are required to enter a new password.

When the login attempt is successful, the Getting Started page opens.

If you entered an incorrect username or password, an error message is displayed and the Login page remains displayed on the window. If you are having problems logging in, please see the Launching the Configuration Utility section in the Cisco Small Business 200 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide for additional information.

Select Don’t show this page on startup to prevent the Getting Started page from being displayed each time that you logon to the system. If you select this option, the System Summary page is opened instead of the Getting Started page.

Password Expiration

The New Password page is displayed:

Logging Out

By default, the application logs out after ten minutes of inactivity. You can change this default value as described in the Defining Idle Session Timeout section.

CAUTION    

Unless the Running Configuration is copied to the Startup Configuration, all changes made since the last time the file was saved are lost if the switch is rebooted. Save the Running Configuration to the Startup Configuration before logging off to preserve any changes you made during this session.

A blinking red X icon displayed to the left of the Save application link indicates that Running Configuration changes have been made that have not yet been saved to the Startup Configuration file.

When you click Save, the Copy/Save Configuration page is displayed. Save the Running Configuration file by copying it to the Startup Configuration file. After this save, the red X icon and the Save application link are no longer displayed.

To logout, click Logout in the top right corner of any page. The system logs out of the switch.

When a timeout occurs or you intentionally log out of the system, a message is displayed and the Login page opens, with a message indicating the logged-out state. After you log in, the application returns to the initial page.

The initial page displayed depends on the “Do not show this page on startup” option in the Getting Started page. If you did not select this option, the initial page is the Getting Started page. If you did select this option, the initial page is the System Summary page.