Front Panel View - Cisco Catalyst 3550 series Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 3 Getting Started with CMS

Front Panel View

When CMS is launched from a noncommand switch, the Front Panel view displays by default, and the
front-panel view displays only the front panel of the specific switch.
When CMS is launched from a command switch, you can display the Front Panel view by clicking the
Front Panel button on the tool bar, as shown in
Figure 3-6
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The Front Panel view displays the front-panel image of the command switch and other selected switches,
as shown in
You can choose and configure the switches that appear in Front Panel view. You can drag the switches
that appear and re-arrange them. You can right-click on a switch port to configure that port.
Figure 3-7
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Refer to the release notes for a list of switches that can be members of a cluster with a Catalyst 3550
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switch as the command switch.
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Toolbar
Front Panel view button
Figure 3-7, and you can select more switches to be displayed.
Front Panel View and Port Popup Menu
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Cluster tree
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Command switch
Figure 3-6.
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Topology view button
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Checkboxes to show switches
Port configuration popup menu
Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Software Configuration Guide
Displaying CMS
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