Cabletron Systems SSIM-H2-02 Switch User Manual


 
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SSIM-H2-02 Fast Ethernet - Translational Switch SmartStack Interface Module Installation and User Guide Configuration
General Guidelines
This section describes guidelines for work within the console menus.
To select a menu item, use the arrow keys to highlight it, then press
ENTER
.
If you need to specify additional information for any item (for example,
selecting
Ye s
or
No
or supplying a value), a prompt appears on the screen. If
you want to exit the prompt without changing the value, press
ESC
.
In most cases, new values are saved when you select
Return
.
Item
More
means there is more information than what is displayed on that
screen.
Selecting
More
and pressing
ENTER
displays the next screen of information.
If the screen is a one-screen display, selecting
More
will update the screen.
Item
Port
refers to the number of a specific port on a SmartStack STS16-
20RM.
Item
Index
refers to the numerical order of a list.
To return to the main menu from any screen within the menus, press
CTRL
-
P
.
Note that any changes made to the screen are not saved. To return to the
greeting screen, press
CTRL
-
B
from any screen.
To refresh the console panel at any time, press
CTRL
-
L
.
To clear all queued messages, press
CTRL
-
D
. The messages will still be in the
message log.
If you are administering switches in a stack, many of the console screens will
prompt for a box number. To continue, enter the number of the box you want
to administer. The box that you are connected to is highlighted.
The console automatically returns to the greeting screen after a default time of
five minutes of inactivity. The time can be changed at the
Console
Configuration
screen. The
Console Configuration
screen opens from the
Configuration
menu that is accessed from the main menu.
For protection against inadvertent or unauthorized access to the configuration
screens, you can establish a password to be entered at the greeting screen. If no
password is configured, just press
ENTER
and the main menu is presented.