General Administrative Information and Operations
System Information
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Unit ID of Master Unit
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Model Description
—Switch model description.
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Serial Number
—Serial number.
•
PID VID
—Part number and version ID.
Configuring the System Settings
To enter system settings:
STEP 1
Click
Administration
>
System Settings
. The
System Settings
page opens.
STEP 2
Modify the system settings.
•
System Description
—Displays a description of the switch.
•
System Location
—Enter the location where the switch is physically located.
•
System Contact
—Enter the name of a contact person.
•
Host Name
—Select the host name of this switch. This is used in the prompt
of CLI commands:
-
Use Default
—The default hostname (System Name) of these switches is:
switch123456
, where 123456 represents the last three bytes of the
switch MAC address in hex format.
-
User Defined
—Enter the hostname. Use only letters, digits, and hyphens.
Host names cannot begin or end with a hyphen. No other symbols,
punctuation characters, or blank spaces are permitted (as specified in
RFC1033, 1034, 1035).
•
Custom Login Screen Settings
—If you want text to be displayed on the
Login
page, enter the text in the
Login Banner
text box. Click
Preview
to
view the results.
NOTE
When the user defines a login banner from the web interface, it also
activates the banner for the CLI interfaces (Console, Telnet, and SSH).
STEP 3
Click
Apply
to set the values in the Running Configuration file.
