HP storageworks 2/32, Installation Manual

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Installing and Configuring the Edge Switch 2/32
53 Edge Switch 2/32 Installation Guide
To configure the switch identification:
1. At the Hardware View page for the selected switch, choose Configure >
Identification . The Configure Identification dialog box displays
( Figure 15 ).
Figure 15: Configure Identification dialog box
a. Type a switch name of 24 alphanumeric characters or less in the Name
field. Each switch should be configured with a unique name.
If the switch is installed on a public LAN, the name should reflect the
switch’s Ethernet network DNS host name. For example, if the DNS host
name is hpes232.hp.com, enter
hpes232
.
b. Click Set Name as Nickname and add a check mark if you want to use
the name in the name field as the nickname for the switch’s WWN. The
nickname will display instead of the WWN in Product Manager views.
c. Type a switch description of 255 alphanumeric characters or less in the
Description field.
d. Type the switch’s physical location (255 alphanumeric characters or less)
in the Location field.
e. Type the name of a contact person (255 alphanumeric characters or less)
in the
Contact field.
2. Click Activate to configure the switch identification and close the dialog box.