Basic Operation Guide 2013/06

Rebooting the switch terminates the menu session, and, if you are using Telnet, disconnects
the Telnet session.
(See “Rebooting the switch” (page 22).)
3. Exit from the terminal program, turn off the terminal, or close the Telnet application program.
Main Menu features
The Main Menu gives you access to these Menu interface features:
• Status and Counters: Provides access to display screens showing switch information, port status
and counters, and port and VLAN address tables. (See Appendix B, “Monitoring and Analyzing
Switch Operation” in the Management and Configuration Guide for your switch.)
• Switch Configuration: Provides access to configuration screens for displaying and changing
the current configuration settings. (See the Contents listing at the front of this manual.) For a
listing of features and parameters configurable through the menu interface, see the “Menu
features list” (page 24). For an index of the features covered in the software manuals for your
switch, see the “Software Feature Index” in the Management and Configuration Guide for
your switch.
• Console Passwords: Provides access to the screen used to set or change Manager-level and
Operator-level passwords, and to delete Manager and Operator password protection. (Refer
to the chapter on configuring user-names and passwords in the Access Security Guide for
your switch.)
• Event Log: Enables you to read progress and error messages that are useful for checking and
troubleshooting switch operation. (See Appendix C, "Using the Event Log for Troubleshooting
Switch Problems" in the Management and Configuration Guide for your switch.)
• Command Line (CLI): Selects the Command Line Interface at the same level (Manager or
Operator) that you are accessing in the Menu interface. (Refer to Chapter 4, "Using the
Command Line Interface (CLI)".)
• Reboot Switch: Performs a "warm" reboot of the switch, which clears most temporary error
conditions, resets the network activity counters to zero, and resets the system up-time to zero.
A reboot is required to activate a change in the VLAN Support parameter. (See “Rebooting
from the menu interface” (page 61).)
• Download OS: Enables you to download a new switch software version to the switch. (See
Appendix A, "File Transfers" in the Management and Configuration Guide for your switch.)
• Run Setup: Displays the Switch Setup screen for quickly configuring basic switch parameters
such as IP addressing, default gateway, logon default interface, and others. (Refer to the
Installation and Getting Started Guide for your switch.)
• Logout: Closes the Menu interface and console session, and disconnects Telnet access to the
switch. (See “How to end a menu session and exit from the console” (page 19).)
Screen structure and navigation
Menu interface screens include these three elements:
• Parameter fields and/or read-only information such as statistics
• Navigation and configuration actions, such as Save, Edit, and Cancel
• Help line to describe navigation options, individual parameters, and read-only data
For example, in the following System Information screen:
20 Using the Menu Interface