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Appendix A: Web Browser Interface and Command Line
Interface Overview
A.1 Navigating the Web Browser Interface
To access the web-browser interface you must first enter a user name and password. The administrator has
Read/Write access to all configuration parameters and statistics. The default user name and password for
the administrator is “admin.”
A.1.1 Home Page
When your web browser connects with the switch’s web agent, the home page is displayed as shown below.
The home page displays the Main Menu on the left side of the screen and System Information on the right
side. The Main Menu links are used to navigate to other menus, and display configuration parameters and
statistics.
A.1.2 Panel Display
The web agent displays an image of the switch’s ports. The Mode can be set to display different information
for the ports, including Active (For example, up or down), Duplex (For example, half or full duplex, or Flow
Control (For example, with or without flow control). Clicking on the image of a port opens the Port
Configuration page as described in section 7.2 Configuring Interface Connections.
A.1.3 Main Menu
Using the onboard web agent, you can define system parameters, manage and control the switch, and all its
ports, or monitor network conditions.
This chapter describes how to use the Command Line Interface (CLI) and provides an alphabetical list of the
commands.
A.2 Improving Response Time
Response time on management commands issued through the web interface can be improved if the path
between your management station and the switch does not pass through any device that uses the Spanning
Tree Algorithm, then set the switch port attached to your management station to fast forwarding. (For
example, enable Admin Edge Port.) See section 3.2 Configuring Interface Settings.
A.3 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