Toolbar

The toolbar contains icons for the most frequently used features on the interface. These features are also on the menu bar, but not as quickly accessible.

This table identifies the toolbar icons, from left to right, and describes the actions they trigger.

Icon Action
Print Sends a print file for a graph, a report, or online help selections to a printer.
Preferences Launches the Preferences window, where you can set user preferences for the CMS interface.
Save Configuration Makes permanent the changes you make to the device configuration; that is, your changes remain in effect after the switch is powered off and powered on again.
Software Upgrade Launches the Software Upgrade window, where you upgrade all the switches in a cluster or selected switches.
Port Settings Launches the Port Settings window, where you can view the runtime status of ports on a selected device and modify port settings.
VLAN Launches the VLAN window, where you can view VLAN information, assign interfaces to VLANs, modify VLAN options, and perform other tasks related to VLANs.
Inventory Launches the Inventory window, which displays the inventory for the clusterdevice types, serial numbers, IP addresses, and software versionsor the inventory for a single switch.
Refresh Refreshes the Front Panel view and the Topology view by polling the command switch and determining the status of the cluster, the status of switch ports, and the existence of new members.
Front Panel Launches the Front Panel view, which shows a hierarchical list of the switches in the cluster, a wiring-closet graphic of the switches, and the status of each switch and its ports.
Topology Launches the Topology view, which shows a network map of the cluster command switch, the cluster member switches, and much more, depending on your selections in the Topology Options window.
Topology Options Launches the Topology Options window, in which you control the information displayed in the Topology view.
Save Topology Layout Makes permanent the changes you make to the Topology view.
Legend Opens the online help to an explanation of the graphic conventions used in the Topology and Front Panel views.
Help for Active Window Launches the online help window and displays the help for the active window. If there is no active window, it displays the "Overview of the User Interface" topic.

The set of toolbar icons varies according to the features supported by the devices in the cluster.


Related Topics

Menu Bar
Expert Mode and Guide Mode
Push Buttons
Printing
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