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Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide
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AppendixA Web Console
Using the Web Console
Running the Web Console
After you have installed Web Console on the NSP, open a browser (Netscape Navigator 4.x or above or
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x or above) on any other workstation, using the following settings:
• Enable the JavaScript option.
• Set the browser memory and disk cache sizes to a minimum or 4096 kilobytes.
• Set the browser cache to local disk.
Enter the IP address of the network management Ethernet (NME) on the Cisco 6400 as the URL and
press Enter to run the Web Console.
Note Netscape Navigator 4.6 or 4.7 is required to use the Web Console image from
CiscoIOSRelease12.0(7)DB1.
Using the Web Console
The Cisco 6400 Web Console is an embedded HTML website residing on PCMCIA disk0: or on your
TFTP server. You can assign a bookmark to the Web Console access page and use the other browser
functions as you would with any website. You can also use the live image of the switch on the Web
Console Status page to monitor switch activity and confirm configuration changes without having to go
into the wiring closet. Online help is available on all pages.
Note Web Console uses HTTP, which is an in-band form of communication: you access the switch through
one of its Ethernet ports. Therefore, you should ensure that you do not disable or otherwise misconfigure
the port that you are using to communicate with the switch. As a system administrator, you might want
to write down the number of the port you are connected to. For the same reason, changes to the switch
IP information should be done with care.
Making Changes with the Web Console
Web Console pages function much like other GUIs. When you display a Web Console page, it contains
the current settings that have been defined for the switch. You change the system configuration by
entering information into fields, adding and removing list items, or selecting check boxes.
Changes made by entering information into fields become part of the running (current) configuration
when you click Apply, a button that appears on every page. If you make a mistake and want to retype
an entry, click Reset to undo the information you entered. The exception to this procedure occurs when
you are making changes to lists. Items added or removed from lists immediately become part of the
running configuration, and you do not need to click Apply.
TableA-1 lists the parameters that you can configure using Web Console.