Visual Stack View

The visual stack shows the stack members in a consolidated physical view. The visual stack provides real-time status of the ports, modules, and Cisco Redundant Power System (RPS). With visual stack, you can configure a switch port and switch.

The primary switch (center node) is located at the top of the stack. With the visual stack, you can:

• Monitor the port status through the LEDs.
• Configure switch ports.
• Configure an individual switch.

Monitoring the Port Status through the LEDs

To display the port status, speed setting, and duplex mode, click the MODE button on the switch image to highlight each of the three settings (STAT, SPD, and FDUP) in sequence. For more information, review the LED descriptions on the Cisco Visual Switch Manager (CVSM) Home page.

Configuring Switch Ports

You can configure port status, duplex mode, speed, and Port Fast settings on a single port or on multiple ports on the same switch.

To configure settings on an individual port, double-click on the port to display the Port Configuration page. This page displays the actual port settings, the settings to which you can configure the port, and VLAN information. 

To configure multiple ports:

1. Hold down the Ctrl key and with the left mouse button, click the ports to highlight them.
2. Right-click on a highlighted port to display the pop-up menu.
3. From the pop-up menu, select Port Configuration to display the Port Configuration page.
   When you select multiple ports, this page does not display the actual settings or VLAN information.
   For more information, click Help on the Port Configuration page.

Note: Changes to the switch can require up to 30 seconds (the image is refreshed every 30 seconds).

Configuring a Switch

To configure an individual switch through the visual stack, click the Switch Manager link next to the switch image. CVSM launches in a separate browser window and displays the home page.

Note: If you access CVSM to configure a stack member and then relaunch the network view, the reconfigured stack member becomes the primary switch. The network view displays devices in a different arrangement than if the browser is pointed at the original center node of the star topology. For example, a stack member could become an edge device.