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About the Interface Menus
5-3
Exiting the Interface
You can exit the command line interface at any time; to do this, enter
the command
logout
from the top level of the command line
interface. If there is a period if inactivity lasting longer than 30 minutes,
you exit from the command line interface automatically. After the exit,
the first key that you press returns you to the login sequence.
How Many Users Can
Access the Interface?
The command line interface can be accessed by several users at the
same time:
■
If the stack contains multiple Switch units, the command line
interface can be accessed through each console port in the stack at
the same time.
■
If the stack is being managed using Telnet, the command line
interface can be accessed by an unlimited number of users at the
same time.
About the Interface
Menus
Once you access the command line interface, the Top-level menu is
displayed as shown in Figure 5-1.
Figure 5-1
Top-level menu
The command line interface is made up of two areas:
■
The Menu Area
— Contains the current menu of commands. The
menu can contain commands to configure the stack or commands
to display other menus in the command line interface. Each
command is accompanied by a brief description of its purpose.
■
The Command Area
— Contains a
Select menu option
prompt
where you can enter the commands displayed in the menu area.
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