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Chapter 3 Getting Started with CMS
Displaying CMS
Front Panel View
When CMS is launched from a noncommand switch, the Front Panel view displays by default, and the
front-panel view displays only the front panel of the specific switch.
When CMS is launched from a command switch, you can display the Front Panel view by clicking the
Front Panel button on the tool bar, as shown in
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Figure 3-6
Toolbar
The Front Panel view displays the front-panel image of the command switch and other selected switches,
as shown in
, and you can select more switches to be displayed.
You can choose and configure the switches that appear in Front Panel view. You can drag the switches
that appear and re-arrange them. You can right-click on a switch port to configure that port.
Figure 3-7
Front Panel View and Port Popup Menu
Note
Refer to the release notes for a list of switches that can be members of a cluster with a Catalyst 3550
switch as the command switch.
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Front Panel view button
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Topology view button
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Cluster tree
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Checkboxes to show switches
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Command switch
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Port configuration popup menu
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