Chapter 3
Getting Started with CMS
Table 3-10 Menu Bar (continued)
Menu-Bar Options
Reports
Inventory
Port Statistics
Bandwidth Graphs
Link Graphs
Link Reports
QoS Reports
QoS Graphs
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Router Reports
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Fallback Bridging
System Messages
View
Refresh
Front Panel
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Arrange Front Panel
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Topology
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Topology Options
Automatic Topology Layout
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Save Topology Layout
Window
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Task
Display the device type, software version, IP address, and other information about a
switch.
Display port statistics.
Display graphs that plot the total bandwidth in use by the switch.
Display a graph showing the bandwidth being used for the selected link.
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.
Display QoS reports of incoming or outgoing traffic for specific device interfaces.
Display QoS graphs of incoming or outgoing traffic for specific device interfaces.
Display reports with an excerpt from the routing table on the switch and the attributes of
the HSRP group in which the switch participates.
Display a report of all fallback bridging groups and their attributes.
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 2900 XL and Catalyst 3500 XL switches. You can display the system
messages of the Catalyst 2900 XL and Catalyst 3500 XL 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 or a Catalyst 3550 switch running Cisco IOS
Release 12.1(8)EA1 or later. For more information about system messages, refer to the
switch system messages guide.
Update the views with the latest status.
Display the Front Panel view.
Rearrange the order in which switches appear in the Front Panel view.
Display the Topology view.
Select the information to be displayed in the Topology view.
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Request CMS to rearrange the topology layout.
Save the presentation of the cluster icons that you arranged in the Topology view to Flash
memory.
List the open windows in your CMS session.
Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Software Configuration Guide
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