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Chapter 4 Getting Started with CMS
Front Panel View
• Menus and a toolbar, as shown in Figure 4-2, 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 4-2 CMS Menus and Toolbar
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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 4-3. 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.
Menu bar
Toolbar
Move the cursor over
the icon to display the
tool tip. For example,
the button displays
the legend of icons
and color codes.
Click Guide or
Expert interaction
mode to change how
some configuration
options will be
presented to you.
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