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Chapter 4 Getting Started with CMS
Features
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 4-1, 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 4-1 CMS Front Panel and Topology Views
Front Panel view of
the cluster.
Topology view of
the cluster.
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