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Catalyst 4500 Series, Catalyst 2948G, Catalyst 2948G-GE-TX, and Catalyst 2980G Switches Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.2GLX
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Chapter 27 Administering the Switch
Setting the System Contact and Location
This example shows how to set the system prompt for the switch:
Console> (enable) set prompt Catalyst4012>
Catalyst4012> (enable)
Clearing the System Name
To clear the system name, perform this task in privileged mode:
This example shows how to clear the system name:
Console> (enable) set system name
System name cleared.
Console> (enable)
Setting the System Contact and Location
You can set the contact name and location to help you with resource management tasks. To set the system
contact and location, perform this task in privileged mode:
This example shows how to set the system contact to [email protected] and location to
Sunnyvale, CA:
Console> (enable) set system contact [email protected]
System contact set.
Console> (enable) set system location Sunnyvale CA
System location set.
This example shows how to verify the configuration:
Console> (enable) show system
PS1-Status PS2-Status PS3-Status PEM Installed PEM Powered
---------- ---------- ---------- ------------- -----------
ok ok ok yes no
Fan-Status Temp-Alarm Sys-Status Uptime d,h:m:s Logout
---------- ---------- ---------- -------------- ---------
ok off ok 0,18:24:41 none
PS1-Type PS2-Type PS3-Type
----------------- ----------------- -----------------
WS-X4008-DC-650W WS-X4008 WS-X4008
Modem Baud Traffic Peak Peak-Time
------- ----- ------- ---- -------------------------
Task
Command
Clear the system name.
set system name
Task
Command
Step 1
Set the system contact.
set system contact [contact_string]
Step 2
Set the system location.
set system location [location_string]
Step 3
Verify the global system information.
show system