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Command Reference for AT-IX5-28GPX High Availability, High Power Video Surveillance PoE Switch
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AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.4.5-0.x
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HOSTNAME
hostname
Overview
This command sets the name applied to the device as shown at the prompt. The
hostname is:
•
displayed in the output of the
show system
command
•
displayed in the CLI prompt so you know which device you are configuring
•
stored in the MIB object sysName
On a stack, after the stack master is elected, the master will have a host name:
awplus
by default, and this also becomes the name of the stack. Individual stack
members (excluding the master) will have a host name that is the stack name
hyphenated with a numeric suffix. For example,
awplus-1
,
awplus-2
and so
on.
The hostname command can then be used to change the stack name and the stack
master's host name. For example, for the hostname
Lab
the stack master’s host
name will be
Lab
and the other stack members will have host names
Lab-1
,
Lab-2
and so on.
In case of stack master fail-over, or stack split, the new stack will use the previous
stack name as its host name and the stack name, unless it is changed by executing
the hostname command on the new stack master.
Use the
no
variant of this command to revert the hostname setting to its default
(
awplus
).
Syntax
hostname
<hostname
>
no hostname [
<hostname
>]
Default
awplus
Mode
Global Configuration
Usage
The name must also follow the rules for ARPANET host names. The name must start
with a letter, end with a letter or digit, and use only letters, digits, and hyphens.
Refer to RFC 1035.
NOTE
:
Within an AMF network, any device without a hostname applied will
automatically be assigned a name based on its MAC address.
To efficiently manage your network using AMF, we strongly advise that you devise a
naming convention for your network devices and accordingly apply an appropriate
hostname to each device.
Parameter
Description
<hostname>
Specifies the name given to a specific device. Also referred to as the
Node Name in AMF output screens.
