Management Interface; Web Pages - Dell PowerConnect 5212 System User's Manual

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Management Interface

Dell™ PowerConnect™ 5212 Systems User's Guide
Web Pages
System
Switch
Ports
Address Table
Spanning Tree
With web-based management, you can configure the PowerConnect 5212 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch and monitor the system using a web browser.
Most pages for the switch include the following buttons:
Refresh — Displays the current values for the system related to the page that is open.
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Apply Changes — Makes changes to the system and refreshes the page.
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NOTICE: For configuration changes to persist beyond the current session, you must either save the running-config file from the Switch/Configuration
page or use the command line interface (CLI) command copy running-config startup-config.

Web Pages

When you connect to the management mode of the switch with a web browser, a login screen is displayed. Enter a user name and password to access the
switch's management mode.
NOTE: The default user names are admin and guest, and the corresponding passwords are admin and guest. If you log in as guest (Normal Exec level),
you can only view page information and change the guest password. If you log in as admin (Privileged Exec level), you can apply changes on all pages.
The following menus are available from the web interface:
Switch
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Ports
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Address Table
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Spanning Tree
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VLAN
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Class of Service
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Link Aggregation
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SNMP
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Multicast Support
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Statistics
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System
The System page contains a dynamic switch applet that displays the current status of the switch ports. The color of each switch port icon indicates its link
status:
Green — The link is up.
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Grey — The link is down.
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Clicking on any port icon displays the port configuration page.
VLAN
Class of Service
Link Aggregation
SNMP
Multicast Support
Statistics