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14.0 Using the Web Interface
This chapter is a brief introduction to the web. You can manage your switch through a Web browser
and Internet connection. This is referred to as Web-based management. To access the switch, the
Web browser must support:
„ HTML version 4.0, or later
„ HTTP version 1.1, or later
„ JavaScript
(TM)
version 1.2, or later
This section explains how to access the switch Web-based management panels to configure and
manage the switch.
It is important to note that there are equivalent functions in the Web interface as in the terminal
interface (that is, there are usually the same menus to accomplish a task). For example, when you
log in, there is a Main Menu with the same functions available, and so on. To terminate the Web
login session, close the web browser.
There are several differences between the Web and terminal interfaces. For example, on the
Web interface the entire forwarding database can be displayed, and the terminal interface only
displays 10 entries starting at specified addresses.
14.1 Configuring for Web Access
To enable Web access to the switch:
1 Configure the switch for in-band connectivity.
2 Enable HTTP Web mode. For layer 2, see ‘ip http server’ command.
14.1.1 Web Page Layout
A Web interface panel for the switch Web page consists of three frames (Figure 3).
Frame 1, across the top, displays a banner graphic of the switch.
Frame 2, at the bottom-left displays a hierarchical-tree view. The tree consists of a combination of
folders, subfolders, and configuration and status HTML pages. You can think of the folders and
subfolders as branches and the configuration and status HTML pages as leafs. Only the selection
of a leaf (not a folder or subfolder) will cause Frame 2 to display a new HTML page. A folder or
subfolder has no corresponding Frame 3 HTML page.
Frame 3, the bottom-right frame, displays the currently selected device configuration status or the
user configurable information that you have selected from the tree view of Frame 2, or both. You
can resize each of these frames. There are no fixed-sized frames.