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Save Changes, Administrator and Normal User Privileges

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Modular Ethernet Switch User's Guide 5. To see a listing of all user accounts and access levels, press Esc. Then choose View/Delete User Accounts. The View/Delete User Accounts screen appears. Administrator and Normal User Privileges There are two levels of user privileges: Administrator and Normal User. Some menu selections available to users with Administrator privileges may not be available to Normal Users. The main menus shown are the menus for the two types of users: The following table summarizes Administrator and Normal User privileges: Menu Administrator Normal User Privilege Configuration Network Monitoring Community Strings and Trap Stations Update Firmware and Configuration Files User Accounts Management Read/Write Read/Write Read/Write Read/Write Yes, read only. Yes, read only. Yes, read only. Yes, read only. Create/Modify User Accounts Read/Write No View/ Delete User Accounts Read/Write No System Utilities Read/Write Yes, (Ping Test); read only for rest. Factory Reset Read/Write No Restart System Read/Write No Table 6-1. Administrator and Normal User Privileges After establishing a User Account with Administrator-level privileges, press Esc. twice. Then choose the Save Changes menu (see below). Pressing any key will return to the main menu. You are now ready to operate the Switch. Save Changes The Switch has two levels of memory normal RAM and non-volatile or NV-RAM. Settings need to be changed in all screens by clicking on the Apply button. When this is done, the settings will be immediately applied to the switching software in RAM, and will immediately take effect. Some settings, though, require you to restart the Switch before they will take effect. Restarting the Switch will erase all settings in RAM and reload them from the NV-RAM. Thus, it is necessary to save all settings to the NV-RAM before restarting the Switch. In order to retain any modifications made in the current session, it is necessary to choose Save Changes from the main menu. The following screen will appear to indicate your new settings have been processed: Using the Console Interface 35

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Modular Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
Using the Console Interface
35
5.
To see a listing of all user accounts and access levels, press Esc. Then choose
View/Delete User
Accounts
. The
View/Delete User Accounts
screen appears.
Administrator and Normal User Privileges
There are two levels of user privileges:
Administrator
and
Normal User
. Some menu selections available to
users with
Administrator
privileges may not be available to
Normal User
s. The main menus shown are the
menus for the two types of users:
The following table summarizes Administrator and Normal User privileges:
Menu
Administrator
Normal User
Privilege
Configuration
Read/Write
Yes, read only.
Network Monitoring
Read/Write
Yes, read only.
Community
Strings
and
Trap
Stations
Read/Write
Yes, read only.
Update Firmware and Configuration
Files
Read/Write
Yes, read only.
User Accounts Management
Create/Modify User Accounts
Read/Write
No
View/ Delete User Accounts
Read/Write
No
System Utilities
Read/Write
Yes, (Ping Test);
read
only
for
rest.
Factory Reset
Read/Write
No
Restart System
Read/Write
No
Table 6-1.
Administrator and Normal User Privileges
After establishing a User Account with
Administrator
-level privileges, press Esc. twice. Then choose the
Save
Changes
menu (see below). Pressing any key will return to the main menu. You are now ready to operate the
Switch.
Save Changes
The Switch has two levels of memory normal RAM and non-volatile or NV-RAM. Settings need to be changed
in all screens by clicking on the
Apply
button. When this is done, the settings will be immediately applied to
the switching software in RAM, and will immediately take effect. Some settings, though, require you to
restart the Switch before they will take effect. Restarting the Switch will erase all settings in RAM and reload
them from the NV-RAM. Thus, it is necessary to save all settings to the NV-RAM before restarting the
Switch.
In order to retain any modifications made in the current session, it is necessary to choose
Save Changes
from the main menu. The following screen will appear to indicate your new settings have been processed: