Using The Ci Menus And Screens; Navigating The Ci Menus And Screens - Nortel 2000 Using Manual

Using the CI menus and screens

The CI menus and screens provide options that allow you to configure and
manage Business Policy Switches. Help prompts at the bottom of each menu and
screen explain how to enter data in the highlighted field and how to navigate the
menus and screens.
The Console Port default settings are: 9600 baud with eight data bits, one stop bit,
and no parity as the communications format, with flow control set to disabled.
Some CI screen options allow you to toggle among several possible values; other
options allow you to set or modify a parameter.

Navigating the CI menus and screens

Use the following methods to navigate the CI menus and screens.
To select a menu option:
1
Use the arrow keys to highlight the option name.
2 Press [Enter].
The option takes effect immediately after you press [Enter].
Alternatively, you can press the key corresponding to the underlined letter in
the option name. For example, to select the Switch Configuration option in
the main menu, press the w key. Note that the text characters are not
case-sensitive.
Additional navigation aids follow:
• To toggle between values in a form:
— Use the spacebar to highlight the value.
— Press [Enter].
• To clear a string field:
— Position the cursor in the string field.
— Press [Ctrl]-K.
• To return to the previous menu, press [Ctrl]-R.
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