Aruba 7030 - LCD Panel; Disabling the LCD Screen; LCD Mode Menu

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LCD Panel
The Aruba 7030 controller is equipped with an LCD panel (see Figure 4) that displays information about the
controller’s status and provides a menu that allows basic operations such as initial setup and reboot. The
LCD panel displays two lines of text with a maximum of 16 characters on each line. When using the LCD
panel, the active line is indicated by an arrow next to the first letter.
The LCD panel is operated using the two navigation buttons to the right of the screen.
 Menu: Allows you to navigate through the menus of the LCD panel.
 Enter: Confirms and executes the action currently displayed on the LCD panel.
LCD Mode Menu
The LCD mode menu includes four modes as shown in the following table.
Disabling the LCD Screen
By default, the LCD screen is enabled. However, if the 7030 controller is deployed in a location without
physical security, the LCD screen can be disabled through the CLI. When disabled, pushing one of the
navigation buttons will only illuminate the LCD screen and display the slot, role, device name, and any
alarms.
Table 7 LCD Panel Mode
LCD Mode Function Displays Description
Boot Displays the boot up status. “Booting ArubaOS... Displays boot status.
LED Displays the mode of the port
STATUS LED.
The LED mode menu allows
you to choose what information
is communicated by the
STATUS LEDs on each port.
See Table 5 on page 8 for
descriptions of the LED
behavior of each mode.
LED mode: ADM Administrative– Displays whether the port is
administratively enabled or disabled.
LED mode: DPX Duplex– Displays the duplex mode of the port.
LED mode: SPD Speed– Displays the speed of the port.
Exit Exits LED menu.
Status Displays the ArubaOS version. OS Version Displays the ArubaOS version.
Exit Exits Status menu.
Maintenance Allows you to execute some
basic operations of the Aruba
7030 controller such as
uploading an image or
rebooting the system.
Upgrade Image [Partition 0 [Y|N]
| Partiion 1 [Y|N]]
Allows you to upgrade the software image on the
selected partition from a predefined location on
an attached USB flash device.
Upload config [Y | N] Uploads the controller’s current configuration to
a predefined location on the attached USB flash
device.
Factory Default [Y|N] Allows you to reset the device to factory default
settings.
Media Eject [Y| N] Completes the reading or writing of the attached
USB device.
Reload system [Y|N] Allows you to reboot the device.
Halt system [Y|N] Allows you to halt the device.
Exit Exits Maintenance menu.