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75 Chapter 2: Installation tasks
Configure director identification
Perform this procedure to configure the director identification. The
Name, Location, and Contact variables correspond respectively to the
SNMP variables sysName, sysLocation, and sysContact, and are used by
management workstations when obtaining director data.
1. Select Identification from the Configure menu at any view. The
Configure Identification dialog box displays ( Figure 38 ).
a. Type a unique director name of 24 alphanumeric characters or
less in the Name field. If the director is installed on a public
LAN, the name should reflect the Ethernet network DNS host
name.
b. Type a director nickname name of 24 alphanumeric characters
or less in the Nickname field. The nickname appears instead of
the WWN in Element Manager application views.
c. Type a description of 255 alphanumeric characters or less in
the Description field.
d. Type the physical location or 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 save the information and close the dialog box.
Figure 38
Configure identification dialog box
Configure director parameters
Perform this procedure to configure director operating parameters.
1. Set the director offline ( Setting the director online or offline on
page 190).
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