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IPLink Software Configuration Guide
8 • Basic system management
Introduction
This chapter describes parameters that report basic system information to the operator or administrator, and
their configuration. The following are basic IPLink software parameters that must be established when setting
up a new system:
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Defining the system's hostname
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Setting the location of the system
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Providing reference contact information
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Setting the clock
Additionally, the following tasks are described in this chapter:
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Checking the CRC of configuration files
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Displaying the currently running IPLink software commands
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Moving IPLink software commands into the foreground
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Setting the system banner
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Enabling the embedded web server
Basic system management configuration task list
All tasks in the following sections are optional, though some such as setting time and calendar services and sys-
tem information are highly recommended.
To configure basic system parameters, perform the tasks described in the following sections.
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Managing feature license keys (see
page 89
)
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Setting system information (see
page 90
)
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Setting the system banner (see
page 91
)
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Setting time and date (see
page 92
)
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Displaying clock information (see
page 92
)
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Displaying time since last restart (see
page 93
)
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Configuring and starting the web server (see
page 93
)
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Determining and defining the active CLI version (see
page 93
)
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Restarting the system (see
page 94
)
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Displaying the system event log (see
page 95
)
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Controlling command execution (see
page 95
)
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Setting timed execution of CLI commands (see
page 97
)
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Displaying the checksum of a configuration (see
page 97
)
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Configuration of terminal sessions (see
page 97
)