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Figure 3-7. Add User Accounts Modify Table

Add a new user by typing in a

User Name

, and

New Password

and retype the same password

in the

Confirm New Password

. Choose the level of privilege (

Admin

or

User

) from the

Access Right

drop-down menu. To add a user account using the CLI commands use

create

account

and

config account

.

Figure 3-8. Modify User Accounts

Modify or delete an existing user account in the User Account Control Table – Edit. To delete

the user account, click on the

Delete

button. To change the password, type in the

New

Password

and retype it in the

Confirm New Password

entry field. Choose the level of

privilege (

Admin

or

User

) from the

Access Right

drop-down menu. To delete a user account

using CLI use the command

delete account

. To change an existing account use

config

account

.

From the

Main Menu

, highlight S

etup User Accounts

and press Enter, then the

User

Account Management

menu

appears.

Admin and User Privileges

There are two levels of user privileges:

Admin

and

User

. Some menu selections available to

users with

Admin

privileges may not be available to those with

User

privileges.

The following table summarizes the

Admin

and

User

privileges:

Management

Admin

User

Configuration

Yes

Read Only

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Network Monitoring

Yes

Read Only

Community Strings and Trap Stations

Yes

Read Only

Update Firmware and Configuration Files

Yes

No

System Utilities

Yes

Ping Only

Factory Reset

Yes

No

User Account Management

Add/Update/Delete User Accounts

Yes

No

View User Accounts

Yes

No

Admin and User Privileges

After establishing a User Account with

Admin

-level privileges, be sure to save the changes

(see below).

Saving Changes

Changes made to the switch’s configuration must be saved in order to retain them. Access the

Save Configuration

by clicking the

Save Changes

button located in the

Maintenance

folder.

Figure 3-9. Save Configuration window

The switch has two levels of memory, normal RAM and non-volatile or NV-RAM. To save

all the changes made in the current session to the Switch’s flash memory, click the

Save

Configuration

button. Click the

OK

button in the new dialog box that appears to continue.

When this is done, the settings will be immediately applied to the switching software in RAM,

and will immediately take effect. Once the switch configuration settings have been saved to

NV-RAM, they become the default settings for the switch.

These settings will be used every

time the switch is rebooted.

Some settings, though, require you to restart the switch before they will take effect. Restarting

the switch erases all settings in RAM and reloads the stored settings from the NV-RAM.

Thus, it is necessary to save all setting changes to NV-RAM before rebooting the switch.

To save settings using CLI the command is

save

.

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Factory Reset

Click the

Reset

link in the

Maintenance

folder to bring up the reset menu.

Figure 3-10. Factory Reset to Default Value

Reset

−

returns all configuration settings except the switch’s IP address, subnet mask, default

gateway, log, user account and stack information settings to the factory default settings.

Reset Config

−

returns all configuration settings except the stack information settings to the

factory default settings, but does not save the settings or reboot the switch. If you select this

option the switch configuration will be returned to the factory default settings for the current

session only. When the switch is rebooted, it will return to the last configuration saved to the

switch’s NV-RAM using the

Save Changes

option.

Reset System

−

returns switch configuration to the factory default settings and then saves the factory default

configuration to the switch’s NV-RAM. The switch will then reboot. When the switch has rebooted, it will have

the same configuration as when it was delivered from the factory.

Restart System

The following menu is used to restart the switch. Access this menu by clicking on the

Reboot

Device

link in the

Maintenance

folder.

Click the

Yes

after

Do you want to save the settings?

to instruct the switch to save the

current configuration to non-volatile RAM before restarting the switch.

Clicking the

No

option instructs the switch not to save the current configuration before

restarting the switch.

All of the configuration information entered since the last time

Save

Changes

was executed

will be lost.

Click the

Restart

button to restart the switch.

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Figure 3-11. Restart System

NOTE:

Clicking

Yes

is equivalent to executing

Save

Changes

and then restarting the switch.

Switch Information

The first page displayed upon logging in presents the

System Information

menu. This page

can be accessed at any time by clicking the

Switch Information

button in the

Configuration

folder.

Figure 3-12. Switch Information

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The

System Information

page displays general information about the Switch including its

MAC Address, Hardware Boot PROM and Firmware versions, and other optional

information.

You can also enter or change a

System Name

,

System Location

, and the name and telephone

number of the responsible administrator in the

System Contact

. It is recommended that the

person responsible for the maintenance of the network system be listed here. Click on the

Apply

button to make the changes effective.

To view this information using Telnet use CLI command

show switch

.

Advanced Settings

The

Advanced Settings

window contains the main settings for all major functions for the

Switch. To view the

Advanced Settings

window, click its link in the

Configuration

folder.

This will enable the following window to be viewed and configured.

Figure 3-13. Switch Information

−

Advanced Settings

The

Advanced Settings

menu options are summarized in the table below.

Variables in the

Advanced Settings

menu of the Web Manager and their corresponding CLI

command groups are the following:

Parameter

Description

Serial Port Auto

Logout

Select the logout time used for the console interface. This automatically

logs the user out after an idle period of time as defined. Choose from the

following options:

2 Minutes 5 Minutes 10 Minutes 15 Minutes

or

Never