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Table 5. Special Keys and Commands Used with the Terminal Interface (continued)
Special Keys/
Text/Commands Description
Function keys
F1 Takes you to the Help Menu.
F2 Toggles between the menu body and the Command bar.
The first item is selected when toggling.
F3 Takes you back to the previous menu.
F4 This is the Save key and is used to save changed
configuration data. It is the same as going to the System
Utilities Menu and selecting Save Configuration Changes.
There is no undo after configuration changes have been
saved. Pressing F4 after making configuration changes
causes configuration changes to be automatically Applied
(F4 is used to Apply and Save configuration changes).
MAC Addresses
v
MAC addresses are displayed and entered as 12 hexadecimal
digits in canonical format.
v
Any alphabetic character (A-F) is displayed as uppercase. When
you enter the MAC address, upper and lower case characters are
accepted.
v
Any illegal characters for a MAC address are not accepted.
Uppercase Words in
the Menu Identifies commands.
READ ONLY When in the upper right corner of the screen, indicates that the
current user has Read Only access.
UNSAVED DATA When in the upper right corner of screen, indicates that there are
unsaved changes; and that any changes made since the last SAVE
was issued will not be retained across a power cycle.
SAVING DATA After a SAVE is issued, indicates the Save is in process.
DATA SAVED Save operation has completed successfully.
NEXT PAGE Command used to display next screen.
PREV PAGE Command used to display previous screen.
LOGOUT Command used to end this login session.
CLEAR CTRS Command used to set to 0 the counters associated with this screen.
SEND Command used to begin sending pings.
APPLY Command used to cause configuration changes to take effect. Apply
appears on the screen once a change has been made.
REFRESH Command used to refresh the screen with the current status or
configured values.
MAIN MENU Command used to display the Main Menu.
PREV MENU Command used to display the previous menu screen.
HELP Command used to display the Help Menu.
Appendix D. Interface Conventions for the Console
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