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GigaX Smart Switch Centralized Network Management
Click on the NIC, it shows the topology of the switches in the network. If multiple
switches are cascaded, the tree view will show the relationship of those switches
as Figure 4.4.
Figure 4.4 Tree view of the network topology
The right frame displays the specified switch configurations or graphics for the
statistics. That is, it displays different configuration layout for different model.
Section 4.5 will describe GigaX Smart Switch configuration in details. You have
to specify a switch by clicking one switch in the topology list.
Figure 4.3 A Topology Frame
The left frame, a topology frame as shown in Figure 4.3, contains all the NICs
in the manage station. Each NIC has a tree view to show the switches that are
discovered by CNM. You can click on any of these to display a specific
configuration of the switch.
