Cisco Network Assistant User Manual

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Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant
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Chapter 2 Network Assistant Features
Front Panel View
• Menu Bar, Toolbar, and Feature Bar, page 2-4
• Network Assistant Modes, page 2-8
• Wizards, page 2-9
• Smartports, page 2-9
• Privilege Levels, page 2-9
• Updates for Network Assistant, page 2-9
• Online Help, page 2-10
Front Panel View
When Network Assistant connects to a community or a cluster, you can display the Front Panel view of
your device by clicking the Front Panel on the toolbar or by choosing Monitor > View > Front Panel
on the feature bar. If the device belongs to a community, you see all of the devices that were selected the
last time that the front panel view appeared for that community. If the device is a cluster, you see the
cluster members that were selected the last time that the view was displayed.
By using the Front Panel view, you can
• Drag and re-arrange the devices that appear.
• Select and configure the devices.
• Right-click a port and configure it.
• Select multiple ports, on the same device or on different devices, and configure the ports at the same
time.
Figure 2-2 shows a community with these members: Catalyst 4948, 3750, 3560, 3550, 2960, 2955, and
2950 switches and a Catalyst Express 500 switch.

Cisco Network Assistant Specifications

General

Category	Network Management Software
Developer	Cisco Systems
Supported Platforms	Windows
Primary Function	Network Management
Description	Cisco Network Assistant is a centralized network management application designed for configuring and monitoring Cisco network devices.
Features	Configuration management, troubleshooting
Supported Devices	Cisco switches, routers, access points
Functionality	Device discovery, configuration deployment, network monitoring, troubleshooting, security policy enforcement
Supported Protocols	SNMP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, Telnet
GUI	Graphical User Interface