Window Navigation

This section describes the features of the web-based switch configuration utility.

Application Header

The Application Header is displayed on every page. It provides the following application links:

Application Links 

Application Link Name

Description

A 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.

Click Save to display the Copy/Save Configuration page. Save the Running Configuration file type by copying it to the Startup Configuration file type on the switch. After this save, the red X icon and the Save application link are no longer displayed. When the switch is rebooted, it copies the Startup Configuration file type to the Running Configuration and sets the switch parameters according to the data in the Running Configuration.

Username

Displays the name of the user logged on to the switch. The default username is cisco. (The default password is cisco.)

Language Menu

Select a language or load a new language file into the switch. If the language required is displayed in the menu, select it. If it is not displayed, select Download Language. For more information about adding a new language, refer to the Upgrade/Backup Firmware/Language.

Logout

Click to logout of the web-based switch configuration utility.

About

Click to display the switch name and switch version number.

Help

Click to display the online help.

The SYSLOG Alert Status icon is displayed when a SYSLOG message, above the critical severity level, is logged. Click the icon to open the RAM Memory page. After you access this page, the SYSLOG Alert Status icon is no longer displayed. To display the page when there is not an active SYSLOG message, follow the Status and Statistics > View Log > RAM Memory page path.

Management Buttons

The following table describes the commonly-used buttons that appear on various pages in the system.

Management Buttons 

Button Name

Description

The Administrator can use the pull-down menu to configure how many entries per page they wish to see at a time.

Indicates a mandatory field.

Add

Click to display the related Add page and add an entry to a table. Enter the information and click Apply to save it to the Running Configuration. Click Close to return to the main page. Click Save to display the Copy/Save Configuration page and save the Running Configuration to the Startup Configuration file type on the switch.

Apply

Click to apply changes to the Running Configuration on the switch. If the switch is rebooted, the Running Configuration is lost, unless it is saved to the Startup Configuration file type or another file type. Click Save to display the Copy/ Save Configuration page and save the Running Configuration to the Startup Configuration file type on the switch.

Cancel

Click to reset changes made on the page.

Clear All Interfaces Counters

Click to clear the statistic counters for all interfaces.

Clear Interface Counters

Click to clear the statistic counters for the selected interface.

Clear Logs

Clears log files.

Clear Table

Clears table entries.

Close

Returns to main page. If there are changes that were not applied to the Running Configuration, a message is displayed.

Copy Settings

A table typically contains one or more entries containing configuration settings. Instead of modifying each entry individually, it is possible to modify one entry and then copy it to multiple entries, as described below:

  1. Select the entry to be copied. Click Copy Settings to display the popup.
  2. Enter the destination entry numbers in the to field.
  3. Click Apply to save the changes and click Close to return to the main page.

Delete

Select the entry in the table to be deleted and click Delete to remove entries from a table. The entry is deleted.

Details

Click to display the details associated with the entry selected on the main page.

Edit

Select the entry and click Edit to open the entries for editing. The Edit page opens, and the entry can be modified.

  1. Click Apply to save the changes to the Running Configuration.
  2. Click Close to return to the main page.

Go

Enter the query filtering criteria and click Go. The results are displayed on the page.

Test

Click Test to perform the related tests.