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CoreWatch User’s Guide 49
Chapter 5
Changing System
Settings
You change system settings through the System Configuration object of a configuration
file. This chapter discusses using Configuration Expert to perform the following tasks:
• Providing system information to set the SSR’s name, identify who users should contact
regarding the SSR, and indicate the SSR’s location.
• Configuring an SSR’s ports.
• Configuring the SSR to send system messages to a SYSLOG server.
• Configuring the SSR for Domain Naming System (DNS) servers.
• Setting up targets for SNMP traps and establishing SNMP community strings for those
traps.
Providing System Information
Before setting up the SSR, you may want to set the SSR’s name, provide information about
who users should contact regarding the SSR, and indicate where the SSR is located. To
enter this system information:
1. Start Configuration Expert if you have not already done so.
2. Open the configuration file you want to modify and then double-click that file’s
System Configuration object.
3. Select the System Identification object.