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Chapter 2 Operational Concepts
Introduction
This chapter includes WEB TOOLS operational concepts. When using WEB TOOLS, note the
following:
• Clickable areas are highlighted with a hint displayed in the left side bottom bar of
your browser. This hint displays when you position the mouse over the clickable
areas. Examples include switches on the Fabric View page, ports and thermometer on
the General Switch View page. The admin/telnet/performance buttons are not
highlighted. Glossaries in the switch general information area are not highlighted.
• The Response page displays whether each individual configuration change was
committed or rejected when making changes in the admin page.
• Java is disabled in some versions of Netscape. It must be enabled by checking both
Enable Java and Enable Java Script buttons in the Preferences/Advanced menu.
• Netscape or Internet Explorer may hang with Java applications on Windows NT after
SP3 due to True Color. To work around this problem, either change the NT display
settings to something other than True Color, or download Microsoft’s hotfix to modify
WIN32K.SYS. The hotfix is available from Microsoft Technical Support.
Logging On to the Switch Through the Web
The WEB TOOLS switch management system runs on the following browsers:
• Internet Explorer 4.0 /Netscape 4.0 or above on Windows NT or Windows 95.
• Netscape 4.0/HotJava 1.1 or above on Solaris 2.5.
To log onto the switch through the Web, perform the following:
➊ Launch a Web browser.
➋ Connect to the switch by entering a URL for the Switchname or Ethernet IP address. For
example http://switchname or http://IPAddress.
Note: You can access the monitoring screens at this point. To access the administration
screens continue with Step 3.
➌ To configure the Administrative pages, click the admin button. Enter your username and
password at the prompt.
Note: Users with user (through Telnet) or admin level privilege can access these pages.
The user level is more restrictive and cannot perform configuration commands.
Only users with admin level privilege can access the administrative page through
a browser. All other accesses are rejected.