Basic Operation Guide 2014/02

2 Using the Menu Interface
Overview
The menu interface operates through the switch console to provide you with a subset of switch
commands in an easy-to-use menu format enabling you to:
• Perform a "quick configuration" of basic parameters, such as the IP addressing needed to
provide management access through your network
• Configure these features:
Manager and Operator passwords◦
◦ System parameters
◦ IP addressing
◦ Time protocol
◦ Ports
◦ Trunk groups
◦ A network monitoring port
◦ SNMP community names
◦ IP authorized managers
◦ VLANs (Virtual LANs) and GVRP
• View status, counters, and Event Log information
• Update switch software
• Reboot the switch
For a detailed list of menu features, see the “Menu features list” (page 23).
Privilege levels and password security. HP strongly recommends that you configure a Manager
password to help prevent unauthorized access to your network. A Manager password grants full
read-write access to the switch. An Operator password, if configured, grants access to status and
counter, Event Log, and the Operator level in the CLI. After you configure passwords on the switch
and log off of the interface, access to the menu interface (and the CLI and web browser interface)
will require entry of either the Manager or Operator password. (If the switch has only a Manager
password, then someone without a password can still gain read-only access.)
NOTE: If the switch has neither a Manager nor an Operator password, anyone having access
to the console interface can operate the console with full manager privileges. Also, if you configure
only an Operator password, entering the Operator password enables full manager privileges.
For more information on passwords, see the Access Security Guide for your switch.
Menu interaction with other interfaces.
• The menu interface displays the current running-config parameter settings. You can use the
menu interface to save configuration changes made in the CLI only if the CLI changes are in
the running config when you save changes made in the menu interface. (For more on how
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