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Chapter 4 Getting Started with CMS
Menus and Toolbar
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
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Ping and Trace—Perform a ping or Layer 2 traceroute operation on or to a specific address.
• View
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Refresh—Update the views with the latest status.
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Front Panel—Display the Front Panel view.
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Topology—Display the Topology view. This option is available only from a cluster
management session.
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Topology Options—Select the information to be displayed in the Topology view.
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Automatic Topology Layout—Request CMS to rearrange the topology layout. This option is
available only from a cluster management session.
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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
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Overview—Obtain an overview of the CMS interface.
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What’s New—Obtain a description of the new CMS features.
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Help For Active Window—Display the help for the active open window. You can also click
Help from the active window.
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Contents—List all of the available online help topics.
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Legend—Display the legend that describes the icons, labels, and links.
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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 4-12
lists the toolbar options from left to right on the toolbar.
Table 4-12 Toolbar Buttons
Toolbar Option Icon
Keyboard
Shortcut Task
Print Ctrl-P Print a CMS window or help file.
Preferences
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Ctrl-R Set CMS display properties, such as polling intervals, the views to open at CMS
startup, and the color of administratively shut down ports.