Using the GUI
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Modal Windows
— Pop-ups, such as Edit or Add pages, located on a
container that are used to configure features.
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Masthead
— Located at the top of the UI, this contains information
buttons.
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Information Buttons
— Displays basic information about alerts and has
quick links to tasks like logging out, saving settings to the startup
configuration, rebooting switch, and viewing basic switch information. See
.
Dashboard
See
for a description of how to display important system
information and how to configure the device quickly through a graphic
interface.
Saving Configurations
Configurations can be saved to one of the following configuration files:
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Running Configuration
— This is a temporary save. Before rebooting the
device, you must save this configuration to the Starting Configuration.
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Running and Starting Configuration
— This is a permanent save that
persists across rebooting the device.
Saving to these files can be done in the containers that allow configuration of
the device, as shown below:
In addition, saving can be done from the Tools menu on the masthead as
described in
.
NOTE:
If you cancel a page or logout of the device without saving configuration
changes to the Starting Configuration, you will receive a message notifying you that
you have unsaved changes.
