This view appears when you take any of these actions:
You can also click here to launch it.
The view has two frames: the left frame shows a hierarchical list of the switches in the cluster; the right frame shows a wiring-closet graphic of the switches in the cluster. For the command switch, the graphic also shows the switch IP address.
The hierarchical list shows the status of each switch with these colors:
The wiring-closet graphic displays information about every switch port and module slot. You control the kind of information displayed at any given time by using the mode button, located at the far left of the front panels. Each time you click this button, the port colors display information for a different port property (status, speed, duplex state, power state). To find out what the colors mean for each port property, click here to see the legend.
Note: You can also see the legend by clicking
on the toolbar or by clicking
the Legend topic on the Contents tab of the Help window.
This table shows the options for selecting ports.
If you want to... | Then... |
Select a single port | Right- or left-click the port. Right-clicking pops up a menu as well. |
Select all the ports on a switch | Right-click any port and choose Select All Ports from the popup menu. |
Select multiple ports on the same switch or on different switches | Use either of these methods:
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To deselect a port, hold down the Ctrl key and click the port you want to deselect.
When you right-click to select a single port, a popup menu appears. To see a popup menu when you select more than one port, you must right-click one of the ports. Use the popup menu to check or change port settings. The popup menu items apply only to the selected ports. You can also use menu-bar items to check or change port settings. If a menu-bar item is not applicable to the selected ports, the selection is ignored.
You can select a switch in two ways:
When you click a switch, a yellow rectangle appears around it, showing that the switch is selected. To select multiple switches, hold down the Ctrl key and click the switches that you want to select. To deselect a switch, hold down the Ctrl key and click the switch that you want to deselect.
You can select a group of switches, and then right-click a switch graphic to display a popup menu. Use the popup menu to check or change switch settings. The popup menu options apply only to the selected switches. You can also use the menu-bar options to check or change switch settings. If a menu-bar option is not applicable to the selected switches, the selection is ignored.
By default, the Front Panel view shows the command switch as the first (top) device in the cluster. You can change the order of the switches to reflect the physical setup in your wiring closet. Choose View > Arrange Front Panel, and use the Arrange Front Panel window.
To refresh the Front Panel view, choose View > Refresh from the menu bar. This action is useful if you know that a change has occurred in the cluster and you want to see it immediately.