Users Guide
Using the GUI 45
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Modal Windows
— Pop-ups, such as Edit or Add pages, located on a
container that are used to configure features.
•
Masthead
— Located at the top of the UI, this contains information
buttons.
•
Information Buttons
— Displays basic information about alerts and has
quick links to tasks like logging out, saving settings to the startup
configuration, rebooting switch, and viewing basic switch information. See
Information Buttons.
Dashboard
See
Dashboard
for a description of how to display important system
information and how to configure the device quickly through a graphic
interface.
Saving Configurations
Configurations can be saved to one of the following configuration files:
•
Running Configuration
— This is a temporary save. Before rebooting the
device, you must save this configuration to the Starting Configuration.
•
Running and Starting Configuration
— This is a permanent save that
persists across rebooting the device.
Saving to these files can be done in the containers that allow configuration of
the device, as shown below:
In addition, saving can be done from the Tools menu on the masthead as
described in
Masthead Buttons
.
NOTE: If you cancel a page or logout of the device without saving configuration
changes to the Starting Configuration, you will receive a message notifying you that
you have unsaved changes.