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From the top-level menu, you can access four sub-menus:
■
Ethernet Menu — From here you can enable or disable ports,
view status information about them, and configure Smart
auto-sensing for the entire stack.
■
IP Menu — From here, you can configure IP parameters and
PING other devices in your network. You can also reset all IP
information back to factory defaults.
■
SNMP — From here, you can set the community string for users
on all units in a stack, and configure trap parameters.
■
System Menu — From here, you can view system configuration,
configure unit parameters, change your password, reset the stack
and initialize the stack.
Navigating the Menus and Entering Commands
You can navigate the menus using any of the following methods:
■
Following the menu hierarchy — at the
Select menu
option:
prompt, type your selected menu name and press
Return. The screen changes to show the next level of menus
available or the list of commands available within your selected
menu.
■
Entering multiple menu names on the same line — if you are
familiar with the menu structure you can enter the complete
command path on the same line at the
Select menu
option:
prompt. For example, to display the system
configuration, the command line interface would read:
Select menu option: system display
■
Abbreviated commands — for quick navigation of the menus,
you need only enter enough characters to uniquely identify the
menu you want at the prompt. For example, to display system
configuration, the command line interface would read:
Select menu option: sy di
As you navigate through the menus, the prompt changes to display
your current position in the hierarchy. For example, if you are in the
system menu, ready to enter your next option, the prompt reads:
Select menu option (system):