Table Of Contents
Getting Started with CMS
Features
Front Panel View
Cluster Tree
Front-Panel Images
Redundant Power System LED
Port Modes and LEDs
VLAN Membership Modes
Topology View
Topology Icons and Labels
Device and Link Labels
Colors in the Topology View
Topology Display Options
Menus and Toolbar
Menu Bar
Toolbar
Front Panel View Popup Menus
Device Popup Menu
Port Popup Menu
Topology View Popup Menus
Link Popup Menu
Device Popup Menus
Interaction Modes
Guide Mode
Expert Mode
Wizards
Tool Tips
Online Help
CMS Window Components
Host Name List
Tabs, Lists, and Tables
Filter Editor
Buttons
Green Border Around a Field or Cell
Red Border Around a Field
Accessing CMS
Access Modes in CMS
HTTP Access to CMS
Saving Your Configuration
Restoring Your Configuration
CMS Preferences
Using Different Versions of CMS
Where to Go Next
Getting Started with CMS
This chapter provides these topics about the Cluster Management Suite (CMS) software:
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Features
•Front Panel View
•Topology View
•Menus and Toolbar
•Interaction Modes
•CMS Window Components
•Accessing CMS
•Saving Your Configuration
•Restoring Your Configuration
•CMS Preferences
•Using Different Versions of CMS
•Where to Go Next
This chapter describes CMS on the Catalyst 3550 switches. Refer to the appropriate switch documentation for descriptions of the web-based management software used on other Catalyst switches.
Note For system requirements and for browser and Java plug-in configuration procedures, refer to the release notes.
Note For a list of CMS features new to this release, select Help > What's New from the CMS menu bar.
Features
CMS provides these features for managing switch clusters and individual switches from Web browsers such as Netscape Communicator or Microsoft Internet Explorer:
•Two views of your network, as shown in Figure 3-1, that can be displayed at the same time:
–A Front Panel view that displays the front-panel image of a specific set of switches in a cluster. From this view, you can select multiple ports or multiple switches and configure them with the same settings.
Note When CMS is launched from a command switch, the Front Panel view displays the front-panel image of the command switch. You can select more switches to be displayed. When CMS is launched from a noncommand switch, the Front Panel view displays only the front panel of the specific switch.
–A Topology view that displays a network map that uses icons representing switch clusters, the command switch, cluster members, cluster candidates, neighboring devices that are not eligible to join a cluster, and link types. From this view, you can select multiple switches and configure them to run with the same settings. You can also display link information in the form of link reports and link graphs.
This view is available only when CMS is launched from a command switch.
Figure 3-1 CMS Front Panel and Topology Views
•Menus and a toolbar, as shown in Figure 3-2, to access configuration and management options:
–The menu bar provides the complete list of options for managing a single switch and switch clusters.
–The toolbar provides buttons for commonly used switch and cluster configuration options and information windows such as legends and online help.
–The port popup menu, in the Front Panel view, provides options specific for configuring and monitoring switch ports.
–The device popup menu, in either the Front Panel or the Topology view, provides switch and cluster configuration and monitoring options.
–The candidate, member, and link popup menus provide options for configuring and monitoring devices and links in the Topology view.
Figure 3-2 CMS Menus and Toolbar
•Tools to simplify configuration tasks:
–Interactive modes—guide mode and expert mode—that control the presentation of some complex configuration options.
–Wizards that require minimal information from you to configure some complex features.
–Comprehensive online help that gives high-level concepts and procedures for performing CMS tasks.
•Two levels of access to the configuration options: read-write access for users allowed to change switch settings and read-only access for users allowed to only view switch settings.
•Consistent set of GUI components (such as tabs, buttons, drop-down lists, and tables) for a uniform approach to viewing and setting configuration parameters.
Front Panel View
When CMS is launched from a command switch, the Front Panel view displays the front-panel image of the command switch, as shown in Figure 3-3. You can select switches to be displayed by checking the boxes in the cluster tree view (left panel of CMS). The switches that are displayed in the tree view can be re-arranged by dragging and dropping them.
Figure 3-3 Front Panel View from a Command Switch
Note CMS from a standalone switch or from a noncommand switch is referred to as Device Manager (also referred to as Switch Manager). Device Manager is for configuring an individual switch. When you select Device Manager for a specific switch in the cluster, you launch a separate CMS session. The Device Manager interface can vary between the Catalyst switch platforms.
When CMS is launched from a standalone or noncommand member switch, the Front Panel view displays only the front panel of the specific switch, as shown in Figure 3-4.
Figure 3-4 Front Panel View from a Standalone Switch
Cluster Tree
Figure 3-3 shows the cluster tree that appears in the left frame of the Front Panel view and shows the name of the cluster and a list of its members. Figure 3-5 shows the device icons that you can drag and drop to rearrange them in the cluster tree. The colors of the devices in the cluster tree show the status of the devices, as listed in Table 3-1.
If you want to configure switch or cluster settings on one or more switches, select the appropriate front-panel images.
•To select a front-panel image, click either the cluster-tree icon or the corresponding front-panel image. The front-panel image is then highlighted with a yellow outline.
•To select multiple front-panel images, press the Ctrl key, and left-click the cluster-tree icons or the front-panel images. To deselect an icon or image, press the Ctrl key, and left-click the icon or image.
If the cluster has many switches, you might need to scroll down the window to display the rest of the front-panel images. Instead of scrolling, you can click an icon in the cluster tree, and CMS then scrolls and displays the corresponding front-panel image.
Figure 3-5 Cluster-Tree Icons
Table 3-1 Cluster Tree Icon Colors
Color
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Device Status
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Green
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Switch is operating normally.
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Yellow
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The internal fan of the switch is not operating, or the switch is receiving power from an RPS.
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Red
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Switch is not powered on or has lost power, or the command switch is unable to communicate with the member switch.
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Front-Panel Images
You can manage the switch from a remote station by using the front-panel images. The front-panel images are updated based on the network polling interval that you set from CMS > Preferences.
This section includes descriptions of the LED images. Similar descriptions of the switch LEDs are provided in the switch hardware installation guide.
Note The Preferences window is available if your switch access level is read-only. For more information about the read-only access mode, see the "Access Modes in CMS" section.
Figure 3-6 shows the port icons as they appear in the front-panel images. To select a port, click the port on the Front Panel view. The port is then highlighted with a yellow outline. To select multiple ports, you can:
•Press the left mouse button, drag the pointer over the group of ports that you want to select, and then release the mouse button.
•Press the Ctrl key, and click the ports that you want to select.
•Right-click a port, and select Select All Ports from the port popup menu.
Figure 3-6 Port Icons
Table 3-2 lists the colors representing the wavelengths on the Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer (CWDM) Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) modules. For port status LED information, see the "Port Modes and LEDs" section.
Table 3-2 Port Icon Colors for the CWDM GBIC Module Ports
Wavelength
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Color
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1470 nanometers (nm)
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Gray
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1490 nm
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Violet
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1510 nm
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Blue
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1530 nm
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Green
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1550 nm
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Yellow
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1570 nm
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Orange
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1590 nm
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Red
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1610 nm
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Brown
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Redundant Power System LED
The Redundant Power System (RPS) LED shows the RPS status, as listed in Table 3-3 and Table 3-4. Certain switches in the switch cluster use a specific RPS model:
•Cisco RPS 300 (model PWR300-AC-RPS-N1)—Catalyst 2900 LRE XL, Catalyst 2950, Catalyst 2950 LRE, Catalyst 3524-PWR XL, and Catalyst 3550 switches
Note The Cisco RPS 300 does not support the Catalyst 3550-24PWR switch.
•Cisco RPS 600 (model PWR600-AC-RPS)—Catalyst 2900 XL and Catalyst 3500 XL switches, except the Catalyst 2900 LRE XL and Catalyst 3524-PWR XL switches
•Cisco RPS 675 (model PWR675-AC-RPS-N1=)—Catalyst 2950, Catalyst 2950 LRE, and Catalyst 3550 switches
Note The Cisco RPS 675 does not support the Catalyst 3550-24-DC switch.
Refer to the appropriate switch hardware documentation for RPS descriptions specific for the switch.
Table 3-3 Cisco RPS 300 and Cisco RPS 675 LED
Color
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RPS Status
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Black (off)
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RPS is off or is not installed.
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Green
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RPS is connected and operational.
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Blinking green
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RPS is providing power to another switch in the stack.
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Amber
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The RPS could be in standby mode.
To put the RPS in Active mode, press the Standby/Active button on the RPS, and the LED should turn green. If it does not, one of these conditions could exist:
•One of the RPS power supplies could be down. Contact Cisco Systems.
•The RPS fan could have failed. Contact Cisco Systems.
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Blinking amber
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Internal power supply of the switch is down, and redundancy is lost. The switch is operating on the RPS.
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Table 3-4 Cisco RPS 600 LED
Color
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RPS Status
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Black (off)
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RPS is off or is not installed.
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Green
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RPS is operational.
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Blinking green
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RPS and the switch AC power supply are both powered up. If the switch power supply fails, the switch powers down and after 15 seconds restarts, using power from the RPS. The switch goes through its normal boot sequence when it restarts.
Note This is not a recommended configuration.
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Amber
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RPS is connected but not functioning properly. One of the power supplies in the RPS could be powered down, or a fan on the RPS could have failed.
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Port Modes and LEDs
Table 3-5 and Table 3-6 list the port modes that determine the type of information displayed through the port LEDs. When you change port modes, the meanings of the port LED colors also change.
Note The bandwidth utilization mode (UTIL LED) does not appear on the front-panel images. Select Reports > Bandwidth Graphs to display the total bandwidth in use by the switch. Refer to the switch hardware installation guide for information about using the UTIL LED.
To select or change a mode, click the Mode button until the desired mode LED is green.
Table 3-5 Port Modes
Mode LED
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Description
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STAT
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Link status of the ports. Default mode.
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DUPLX
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Duplex setting on the ports. The default setting on the 10/100 and 10/100/1000 ports is auto.
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SPEED
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Speed setting on the ports. The default setting on the 10/100 and 10/100/1000 ports is auto.
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Table 3-6 Port LEDs
Port Mode
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Port LED Color
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Description
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STAT
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Cyan (off)
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No link.
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Green
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Link present.
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Amber
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Link fault. Error frames can affect connectivity, and errors such as excessive collisions, CRC errors, and alignment and jabber errors are monitored for a link-fault indication.
Port is not forwarding. Port was disabled by management, by an address violation, or by Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).
Note After a port is reconfigured, the port LED can remain amber for up to 30 seconds as STP checks the switch for possible loops.
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Brown
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No link. Port is administratively shut down.
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DUPLX
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Cyan (off)
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Port is operating in half-duplex mode.
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Green
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Port is operating in full-duplex mode.
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SPEED
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Cyan (off)
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Port is operating at 10 Mbps (10/100 ports) or no link (10/100/1000 ports and GBIC module ports).
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Green
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Port is operating at 100 Mbps (10/100 ports) or 1000 Mbps (GBIC module ports).
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Blinking green
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Port is operating at 1000 Mbps (10/100/1000 ports).
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LINE PWR1
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Cyan (off)
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Inline power is off.
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Green
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Inline power is on.
If the Cisco IP Phone is receiving power from an AC power source, the port LED is off even if the IP phone is connected to the switch port. The LED turns green only when the switch port is providing power.
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VLAN Membership Modes
Table 3-7 lists the colors that outline the ports (Front Panel view) when you click Highlight VLAN Port Membership Modes on the Configure VLANs tab on the VLAN window. The colors show the VLAN membership mode of each port. The VLAN membership mode determines the kind of traffic the port carries and the number of VLANs to which it can belong. For more information about these modes, see the "VLAN Port Membership Modes" section.
Note This feature is not supported on the Catalyst 1900 and Catalyst 2820 switches.
Table 3-7 VLAN Membership Modes
Mode
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Color
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Static access
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Light green
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Dynamic access
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Pink
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ISL trunk
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Orange
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802.1Q trunk
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Peach
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Negotiate trunk
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White
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Topology View
The Topology view displays how the devices within a switch cluster are connected and how the switch cluster is connected to other clusters and devices. From this view, you can add and remove cluster members. This view provides two levels of detail of the network topology:
•Expand Cluster: When you right-click a cluster icon and select Expand Cluster, the Topology view displays the switch cluster in detail, as shown in Figure 3-7. This view shows the command switch and member switches in a cluster. It also shows candidate switches that can join the cluster. This view does not display the details of any neighboring switch clusters
•Collapse Cluster: When you right-click a command-switch icon and select Collapse Cluster, the cluster is collapsed and represented by a single icon, as shown in Figure 3-8. The view shows how the cluster is connected to other clusters, candidate switches, and devices that are not eligible to join the cluster (such as routers, access points, IP phones, and so on).
Note The Topology view displays only the switch cluster and network neighborhood of the specific command or member switch that you access. To display a different switch cluster, you need to access the command switch or member switch of that cluster.
You can arrange the device icons in either view. To move a device icon, click and drag the icon. To select multiple device icons, you can either:
•Press the left mouse button, drag the pointer over the group of device icons that you want to select, and then release the mouse button.
•Press the Ctrl key, and click the device icons that you want to select.
After selecting the icons, drag the icons to any area in the view.
Figure 3-7 Expand Cluster View
Figure 3-8 Collapse Cluster View
Topology Icons and Labels
The Topology view and the cluster tree use the same set of device icons to represent clusters, command and standby command switches, and member switches. They also use the same labels to identify the command switch (CMD) and the standby command switch (STBY).
The Topology view uses additional icons to represent these types of neighboring devices:
•Customer premises equipment (CPE) devices that are connected to Long-Reach Ethernet (LRE) switches
•Devices that are not eligible to join the cluster, such as Cisco IP Phones, Cisco access points, and Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)-capable hubs and routers
Note The System Switch Processor (SSP) card in the Cisco Integrated Communications System (ICS) 7750 appears as a Layer 2 switch. SSP cards are not eligible to join switch clusters.
•Devices that are identified as unknown devices, such as some Cisco devices and third-party devices
Tip Neighboring devices are only displayed if they are connected to cluster members. To display neighboring devices in the Topology view, either add the switch to which they are connected to a cluster, or enable that switch as a command switch.
Note Candidate switches are distinguished by the color of their device label. Device labels and their colors are described in the "Colors in the Topology View" section.
To select a device, click the icon. The icon is then highlighted. To select multiple devices, you can either:
•Press the left mouse button, drag the pointer over the group of icons that you want to select, and then release the mouse button.
•Press the Ctrl key, and click the icons that you want to select.
The Topology view also uses a set of link icons to show the link type and status between two devices. To select a link, click the link that you want to select. To select multiple links, press the Ctrl key, and click the links that you want to select.
Device and Link Labels
The Topology view displays device and link information by using these labels:
•Cluster and switch names
•Switch MAC and IP addresses
•Link type between the devices
•Link speed and IDs of the interfaces on both ends of the link
When using these labels, keep these considerations in mind:
•The IP address displays only in the labels for the command switch and member switches.
•The label of a neighboring cluster icon only displays the IP address of the command-switch IP address.
•The link speeds displayed are the actual link speeds except on the LRE links, which display the administratively assigned speed settings.
You can change the label settings from the Topology Options window by selecting View > Topology Options.
Colors in the Topology View
The colors of the Topology view icons show the status of the devices and links, as listed in Table 3-8, Table 3-9, and Table 3-10.
Table 3-8 Device Icon Colors
Icon Color
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Color Meaning
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Green
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The device is operating.
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Yellow1
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The internal fan of the switch is not operating, or the switch is receiving power from an RPS.
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Red1
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The device is not operating.
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Table 3-9 Single Link Icon Colors
Link Color
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Color Meaning
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Green
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Active link
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Red
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Down or blocked link
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Table 3-10 Multiple Link Icon Colors
Link Color
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Color Meaning
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Both green
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All links are active.
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One green; one red
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At least one link is active, and at least one other link is down or blocked.
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Both red
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All links are down or blocked.
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The color of a device label shows the cluster membership of the device, as listed in Table 3-11.
Table 3-11 Device Label Colors
Label Color
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Color Meaning
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Green
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A cluster member, either a member switch or the command switch
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Cyan
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A candidate switch that is eligible to join the cluster
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Yellow
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An unknown device or a device that is not eligible to join the cluster
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Topology Display Options
You can set the type of information displayed in the Topology view by changing the settings in the Topology Options window. To display this window, select View > Topology Options. From this window, you can select:
•Device icons (including IP Phones, CPEs, Neighbors, Access Points, and Candidates) that you want displayed in or filtered from the Topology View window
•Interface IDs and Actual Speed values that you want displayed in the Link window
•Host Names, IP addresses, and MAC address labels that you want displayed in the Node window
Menus and Toolbar
The configuration and monitoring options for configuring switches and switch clusters are available from menus and a toolbar.
Menu Bar
The menu bar, as shown in Figure 3-2, provides the complete list of options for managing a single switch and switch cluster.
The menu-bar options on a Catalyst 3550 switch change depending on whether the switch is running the standard multilayer software image (SMI) or the enhanced multilayer image (EMI). The footnotes in Table 3-11 list the options available if the switch is running the EMI.
Options displayed from the menu bar can vary:
•The option for enabling a command switch is only available from a CMS session launched from a command-capable switch.
•Cluster management tasks, such as upgrading the software of groups of switches, are available only from a CMS session launched from a command switch.
•If you launch CMS from a specific switch, the menu bar displays the features supported only by that switch.
•If you launch CMS from a command switch, the menu bar displays the features supported on the switches in the cluster, with these exceptions:
–If the command switch is a Layer 3 switch, such as a Catalyst 3550 switch, the menu bar displays the features of all Layer 3 and Layer 2 switches in the cluster.
–If the command switch is a Layer 2 switch, such as a Catalyst 2950 or Catalyst 3500 XL switch, the menu bar displays the features of all Layer 2 switches in the cluster. The menu bar does not display Layer 3 features even if the cluster has Catalyst 3550 Layer 3 member switches.
•We strongly recommend that the highest-end, command-capable switch in the cluster be the command switch:
–If your switch cluster has a Catalyst 3550 switch, that switch should be the command switch.
–If your switch cluster has Catalyst 2900 XL, Catalyst 2950, Catalyst 2955, and Catalyst 3500 XL switches, the Catalyst 2950 or Catalyst 2955 switch should be the command switch.
–If your switch cluster has Catalyst 1900, Catalyst 2820, Catalyst 2900 XL, and Catalyst 3500 XL switches, either the Catalyst 2900 XL or Catalyst 3500 XL switch should be the command switch.
•Standby command switches must meet these requirements:
–When the command switch is a Catalyst 3550 switch, all standby command switches must be Catalyst 3550 switches.
–When the command switch is a Catalyst 2955 switch running Release 12.1(12c)EA1 or later, all standby command switches must be Catalyst 2950 switches running Release 12.1(12c)EA1 or later.
–When the command switch is a Catalyst 2950 switch running Release 12.1(9)EA1 or later, all standby command switches must be Catalyst 2950 switches running Release 12.1(9)EA1 or later.
•When the command switch is a Catalyst 2950 switch running Release 12.1(6)EA2 or later, all standby command switches must be Catalyst 2950 switches running Release 12.1(6)EA2 or later.
–When the command switch is running Release 12.0(5)WC2 or earlier, the standby command switches can be these switches: Catalyst 2900 XL, Catalyst 2950, and Catalyst 3500 XL switches.
We strongly recommend that the command switch and standby command switches are of the same switch platform and that both are running the same level of software (SMI or EMI). In the event of a failover, the standby command switch must support the same configuration and services that are running on the command switch.
Refer to the release notes for the Catalyst switches that can be part of a switch cluster.
Unless noted otherwise, the menu-bar options in the list that follows are available from a Catalyst 3550 command switch when the cluster contains only Catalyst 3550 member switches. The menu bar of the command switch displays all menu-bar options available from the cluster, including options from member switches from other cluster-capable switch platforms.
Note Access modes affect the availability of features from CMS. Some CMS features are not available in read-only mode. For more information about how access modes affect CMS, see the "Access Modes in CMS" section.
These are the menu bar options:
•CMS
–Page Setup—Set default document printer properties to be used when printing from CMS.
–Print Preview—View the way the CMS window or help file will appear when printed.
–Print—Print a CMS window or help file.
–Guide Mode/Expert Mode—Select which interaction mode to use when you select a configuration option (not available in read-only mode).
–Preferences—Set CMS display properties, such as polling intervals, the default views to open at startup, and the color of administratively shutdown ports. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
•Administration
–IP Addresses—Configure IP information for a switch. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–SNMP—Enable and disable Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), enter community strings, and configure end stations as trap managers. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–System Time—Configure the system time or configure the Network Time Protocol (NTP). Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–HTTP Port—Configure the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) port number. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–Users and Passwords—Configure usernames and passwords for privilege levels 0 to 15.
–Console Baud Rate—Change the baud rate for the switch console port. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–MAC Addresses—Enter dynamic, secure, and static addresses in a switch address table. You can also define the forwarding behavior of static addresses. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–ARP—Display the device Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) table, and configure the ARP cache timeout setting. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–Save Configuration—Save the configuration for the cluster or switch to Flash memory (not available in read-only mode).
–Restore Configuration—Restore the configuration file to one or more switches in the cluster.
–Software Upgrade—Upgrade the software for the cluster or a switch (not available in read-only mode).
–LRE Software Upgrade—Upgrade the software on one or more LRE CPE devices.
–System Reload—Reboot the switch with the latest installed software (not available in read-only mode).
–Event Notification—Create notification IDs that generate e-mail notifications when system events occur.
•Cluster
–Cluster Manager—Launch a CMS session from the member switch (available only from a Device Manager session on a cluster member).
–Create Cluster—Designate a command switch, and name a cluster (not available in read-only mode). This option is available only from a Device Manager session on a command-capable switch that is not a cluster member.
–Delete Cluster—Delete a cluster (not available in read-only mode). This option is available only from a cluster management session.
–Add to Cluster—Add a candidate to a cluster (not available in read-only mode). This option is available only from a cluster management session.
–Remove from Cluster—Remove a member from the cluster (not available in read-only mode) This option is available only from a cluster management session.
–Standby Command Switches—Create a Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) standby group to provide command-switch redundancy. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode. This option is available only from a cluster management session.
–Hop Count—Enter the number of hops away that a command switch looks for members and for candidate switches. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode. This option is available only from a cluster management session.
•Device
–Device Manager—Launch Device Manager for a specific switch. This option is available only from a cluster management session (Catalyst 1900 and Catalyst 2820 member switches only).
–Host Name—Change the host name of a switch (not available in read-only mode).
–STP—Display and configure STP parameters for a switch. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–IGMP Snooping—Enable and disable Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping and IGMP Immediate-Leave processing on the switch. Join or leave multicast groups, and configure multicast routers. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–802.1X—Configure 802.1X authentication of devices as they are attached to LAN ports in a point-to-point infrastructure (not available in read-only mode).
–ACL (guide mode available in read-write mode)—Create and maintain access control lists (ACLs), and attach ACLs to specific ports. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–Security Wizard—Filter certain traffic, such as HTTP traffic, to certain networks or devices. Restrict access to servers, networks, or application data from certain networks or devices (not available in read-only mode).
–QoS—Display submenu options to configure, enable, and disable quality of service (QoS) parameters for Trust settings, Queues, Maps, Classes (guide mode available), and Policies (guide mode available. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–IP Routing (guide mode available in read-write mode)—Display submenu options to configure or modify these parameters: Enable/Disable and Protocols. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode. This option is available only from a switch running the EMI.
–Inter-VLAN Routing Wizard—Enable a Catalyst 3550 switch to become a router of IP traffic between different VLANs.
–IP Multicast Wizard—Provide minimum information to configure IP multicast routing on a device so that it can forward multicast packets as a part of a multicast tree (not available in read-only mode). This option is available only from a switch running the EMI.
–Router Redundancy (guide mode available in read-write mode)—Add a switch to or remove a switch from an HSRP group. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode. This option is available only from a switch running the EMI.
–Fallback Bridging—Create a fallback bridging group, modify a group, delete a group, or view its details. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode. This option is available only from a switch running the EMI.
–AVVID Wizards—Configure a port to send or receive voice traffic by using the Voice Wizard. Optimize multiple video servers for sending video traffic by using the Video Wizard. Provide a higher priority to specific applications by using the Data Wizard.
Note AVVID Wizards are not available in read-only mode.
•Port
–Port Settings—Display and configure port parameters on a switch. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–Port Search—Search for a port through its description.
–Port Security—Enable port security on a port (not available in read-only mode).
–EtherChannels—Group ports into logical units for high-speed links between switches. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–SPAN—Enable Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) port monitoring. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–Protected Port—Configure a port to prevent it from receiving bridged traffic from another port on the same switch. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–Flooding Control—Block the normal flooding of unicast and multicast packets and enable the switch to block packet storms. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
•VLAN
–VLAN (guide mode available in read-write mode)—Display VLAN membership, assign ports to VLANs, and configure Inter-Switch Link (ISL) and 802.1Q trunks. Display and configure the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) for interswitch VLAN membership. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–Management VLAN—Change the management VLAN on the switch. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–VMPS—Configure the VLAN Membership Policy Server (VMPS). Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–VLAN Maps—Configure VLAN maps. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
–Voice VLAN—Configure a port to use a voice VLAN for voice traffic, separating it from the VLANs for data traffic. Some options from this menu are not available in read-only mode.
•Reports
–Inventory—Display the device type, software version, IP address, and other information about a switch.
–Port Statistics—Display port statistics.
–Bandwidth Graphs—Display graphs that plot the total bandwidth in use by the switch.
–Link Graphs—Display a graph showing the bandwidth being used for the selected link.
–Link Reports—Display the link report for two connected devices. If one device is an unknown device or a candidate, only the cluster-member side of the link appears.
–QoS Reports—Display QoS reports of incoming or outgoing traffic for specific device interfaces.
–QoS Graphs—Display QoS graphs of incoming or outgoing traffic for specific device interfaces.
–ACL Reports—Display a report about ACL statistics.
–Router Reports—Display reports with an excerpt from the routing table on the switch and the attributes of the HSRP group in which the switch participates. This option is available only from a switch running the EMI.
–Multicast—Display submenu options to run a Statistics or IGMP report.
–Fallback Bridging—Display a report of all fallback bridging groups and their attributes. This option is available only from a switch running the EMI.
–System Messages—Display the most recent system messages (IOS messages and switch-specific messages) sent by the switch software.
This option is available on the Catalyst 2950, Catalyst 2955, and Catalyst 3550 switches. It is not available from the Catalyst 2900 XL and Catalyst 3500 XL switches. You can display the system messages of the Catalyst 2900 XL and Catalyst 3500 XL switches when they are in a cluster where the command switch is a Catalyst 2950 switch running Release 12.1(6)EA2 or later, Catalyst 2955 switch running Release 12.1(12c)EA1 or later, or a Catalyst 3550 switch running Release 12.1(8)EA1 or later.
For more information about system messages, refer to the switch system message guide for that release.
•Tools
–Ping and Trace—Perform a ping, Layer 2 traceroute, or Layer 3 traceroute operation on or to a specific address.
Note If you perform a Layer 3 traceroute operation, information about Layer 2 devices in the path is not displayed.
•View
–Refresh—Update the views with the latest status.
–Front Panel—Display the Front Panel view.
–Topology—Display the Topology view. This option is available only from a cluster management session.
–Topology Options—Select the information to be displayed in the Topology view.
–Automatic Topology Layout—Request CMS to rearrange the topology layout. This option is available only from a cluster management session.
–Save Topology Layout—Save the presentation of the cluster icons that you arranged in the Topology view to Flash memory (not available in read-only mode). This option is available only from a cluster-management session.
•Window—List the open windows in your CMS session.
•Help
–Overview—Obtain an overview of the CMS interface.
–What's New—Obtain a description of the new CMS features.
–Help For Active Window—Display the help for the active open window. You can also click Help from the active window.
–Contents—List all of the available online help topics.
–Legend—Display the legend that describes the icons, labels, and links.
–About—Display the CMS version number.
Toolbar
The toolbar buttons display commonly-used switch and cluster configuration options and information windows such as legends and online help. Hover the cursor over an icon to display the feature. Table 3-12 lists the toolbar options from left to right on the toolbar.
Table 3-12 Toolbar Buttons
Toolbar Option
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Icon
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Keyboard Shortcut
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Task
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Print
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Ctrl-P
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Print a CMS window or help file.
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Preferences1
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Ctrl-R
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Set CMS display properties, such as polling intervals, the views to open at CMS startup, and the color of administratively shutdown ports.
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Save Configuration2
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Ctrl-S
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Save the configuration of the cluster of a switch to Flash memory.
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Software Upgrade2
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Ctrl-U
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Upgrade the software for the cluster or a switch.
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Port Settings1
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—
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Display and configure port parameters on a switch.
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VLAN1
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Ctrl-V
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Display VLAN membership, assign ports to VLANs, and change the administration mode.
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Inventory
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Ctrl-T
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Display the device type, the software version, the IP address, and other information about a switch.
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Refresh
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—
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Update the views with the latest status.
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Front Panel
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—
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Display the Front Panel view.
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Topology3
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—
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Display the Topology view.
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Topology Options3
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—
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Select the information to be displayed in the Topology view.
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Save Topology2 3 Layout
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—
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Save the presentation of the cluster icons that you arranged in the Topology view to Flash memory.
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Legend
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—
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Display the legend that describes the icons, labels, and links.
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Help for Active Window
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F1 key
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Display the help for the active open window. You can also click Help from the active window.
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Front Panel View Popup Menus
These popup menus are available in the Front Panel view:
Device Popup Menu
You can display all switch and cluster configuration windows from the menu bar, or you can display commonly-used configuration windows from the device popup menu, as listed in Table 3-13. To display the device popup menu, click the switch icon from the cluster tree or the front-panel image itself, and right-click.
Table 3-13 Device Popup Menu
Popup Menu Option
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Task
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Device Manager1
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Launch Device Manager for the switch.
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Host Name2
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Change the name of the switch.
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Delete Cluster 2 3 4
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Delete a cluster.
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Remove from Cluster2 4
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Remove a member from the cluster.
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Bandwidth Graphs
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Display graphs that plot the total bandwidth in use.
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Properties
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Display information about the device and port on either end of the link and the state of the link.
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Port Popup Menu
You can display all port configuration windows from the Port menu on the menu bar, or you can display commonly-used port configuration windows from the port popup menu, as listed in Table 3-14. To display the port popup menu, click a specific port image, and right-click.
Table 3-14 Port Popup Menu
Popup Menu Option
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Task
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Port Settings1
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Display and configure port settings.
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VLAN1
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Define the VLAN mode for a port or ports and add ports to VLANs. Not available for the Catalyst 1900 and Catalyst 2820 switches.
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Port Security1 2 3
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Enable port security on a port.
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Link Graphs4
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Display a graph showing the bandwidth used by the selected link.
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Select All Ports
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Select all ports on the switch for global configuration.
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Topology View Popup Menus
These popup menus are available in the Topology view.
