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Selecting a Management Interface
Advantages of Using the Menu Interface
Selecting a Management
Interface
Advantages of Using the Menu Interface
Figure 1-1. Example of the Console Interface Display
■ Provides quick, easy management access to a menu-driven subset of
switch configuration and performance features:
The menu interface also provides access for:
■ Offers out-of-band access (through the RS-232 connection) to the
switch, so network bottlenecks, crashes, lack of configured or correct IP
address, and network downtime do not slow or prevent access
■ Enables Telnet (in-band) access to the menu functionality.
■ Allows faster navigation, avoiding delays that occur with slower
display of graphical objects over a web browser interface.
■ Provides more security; configuration information and passwords are
not seen on the network.
• IP addressing
• VLANs
• Security
• Port and Static Trunk Group
• Stack Management
• Spanning Tree
• System information
• Passwords and other security features
• SNMP communities
• Setup screen
• Event Log display
• Switch and port
status displays
• Switch and port statistic and counter
displays
• Reboots
• Software downloads
