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Chapter 3 Getting Started with CMS
Interaction Modes
Interaction Modes
You can change the interaction mode of CMS to either guide or expert mode. Guide mode steps you
through each feature option and provides information about the parameter. Expert mode displays a
configuration window in which you configure the feature options.
Guide Mode
Note Guide mode is not available if your switch access level is read-only. For more information about the
read-only access mode, see the “Access Modes in CMS” section on page 3-31.
Guide mode is for users who want a step-by-step approach for completing a specific configuration task.
This mode is not available for all features. A menu-bar option that has a person icon means that guide
mode is available for that option.
When you click Guide Mode and then select a menu-bar option that supports guide mode, CMS displays
a specific parameter of the feature with information about the parameter field. To configure the feature,
you provide the information that CMS requests in each step until you click Finish in the last step.
Clicking Cancel at any time closes and ends the configuration task without applying any changes.
If Expert Mode is selected and you want to use guide mode, you must click Guide Mode before
selecting an option from the menu bar, tool bar, or popup menu. If you change the interaction mode after
selecting a configuration option, the mode change does not take effect until you select another
configuration option.
Expert Mode
Expert mode is for users who prefer to display all the parameter fields of a feature in a single CMS
window. Information about the parameter fields is available by clicking the Help button.
Table 3-21 Device Popup Menu of a Neighboring-Device Icon
Popup Menu Option Task
Device Manager
1
1. Available from a cluster member switch but not from the command switch.
Access the web management interface of the device.
Note This option is available on Cisco access points, but not on Cisco IP
phones, hubs, routers and on unknown devices such as some Cisco
devices and third-party devices.
Disqualification Code Display the reason why the device could not join the cluster.
Properties Display information about the device.