Using the Web UI

Using the Web UI

The Cisco Configuration Professional for Catalyst provides network administrators with a single solution for configuring, monitoring, and optimizing the device.

System Requirements

You can access the application from a client web browser. Ensure that the following web client requirements are met:
  • Hardware - A Mac (OS version 10.9.5) or Windows (OS version 7) laptop or desktop compatible with one of the following tested and supported browsers:
    • Google Chrome 52 or later
    • Mozilla Firefox 48 or later
    • Apple Safari 9 or later
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11, or later

  • Display resolution - We recommend that you set the screen resolution to 1280 x 800 or higher.

Using the Toolbar

The application pages contain the following static global toolbar:

  • Product Information - Displays information such as the device name and version.

  • Save Configuration - Saves your configuration.

  • Help - Launches the user guide for the Web user interface.

Using the Navigation Menu

The Web user interface allows you to perform the following tasks from the navigation pane:

  • Monitoring - Monitor your network on a daily basis and perform other ad-hoc operations related to network device inventory and configuration management. View the dashboard for a snapshot of connected client devices, performance information, incidents, and search options.

  • Configuring - Configure device ports, STP mode and VLANs.

  • General Settings - Configure device time settings, user administration settings, SNMP and HTTP settings.

  • Help - Access product support and documentation.

Understanding the Dashboard

The Dashboard displays a snapshot of the overall status and statistics for your device.

  • Switch View - Displays a snapshot of the ports on the device.

  • CPU and Memory Utilization - Displays CPU usage on the processors on each core, every 5 minutes, every 1 minute and every 5 seconds. The Memory Utilization section displays a chart of the device memory usage. Hover over the graph to view the processor pool and the I/O pool percentage.

  • System Messages - Displays high severity, critical alerts that require your attention.

  • System Information - The PoE Power Utilization section displays a pie-chart showing the total Power over Ethernet (PoE) on the device, the power used by the device and the current power available. The System Temperature section displays the temperature of the device. If the temperature is yellow or red, your device needs attention.

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, using the Cisco Bug Search Tool (BST), submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation at:

http:/​/​www.cisco.com/​c/​en/​us/​td/​docs/​general/​whatsnew/​whatsnew.html

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