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Chapter 2 Getting Started with CMS
Menus and Toolbar
Port
Port Settings
2
Display and configure port parameters on a switch.
Port Search Search for a port through its description.
Port Security
1
Enable port security on a port.
EtherChannels
2
Group ports into logical units for high-speed links between switches.
SPAN
2
Enable Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN) port monitoring.
Protected Port
2
Configure a port to prevent it from receiving bridged traffic from another port on the
same switch.
Flooding Control
2
Block the normal flooding of unicast and multicast packets, and enable the switch to
block packet storms.
VLAN
VLAN
2
(guide mode available
1
)
Display VLAN membership, assign ports to VLANs, and configure 802.1Q trunks.
Display and configure the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) for interswitch VLAN
membership.
Management VLAN
2
Change the management VLAN on the switch.
VMPS
2
Configure the VLAN Membership Policy Server (VMPS).
Reports
Inventory Display the device type, software version, IP address, and other information about a
switch.
Port Statistics Display port statistics.
Bandwidth Graphs Display graphs that plot the total bandwidth in use by the switch.
Link Graphs Display a graph showing the bandwidth being used for the selected link.
Link Reports Display the link report for two connected devices. If one device is an unknown device or
a candidate, only the cluster-member side of the link displays.
Resource Monitor Display masks for ACL and QoS policy maps.
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System Messages Display the most recent system messages (IOS messages and switch-specific messages)
sent by the switch software.
This option is available on the Catalyst 2950 or Catalyst 3550 switches. It is not available
from the Catalyst 2950 switches. You can display the system messages of the
Catalyst 2950 switches when they are in a cluster where the command switch is a
Catalyst 2950 switch running Cisco IOS Release 12.1(6)EA2 or later. For more
information about system messages, see Appendix B, “System Messages.”
Table 2-10 Menu Bar (continued)
Menu-Bar Options Task