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Chapter 2
Administrative Commands
hostname
To assign a hostname to your Server Switch, enter the hostname command in Global Configuration
mode.
Syntax Description
name
Defaults
This command has no default settings.
Command Modes
Global Configuration (config) mode.
Usage Guidelines
Platform Availability:
Cisco SFS 3001, Cisco SFS 7000, Cisco SFS 7008, Cisco SFS 3012, Cisco 4x InfiniBand Switch Module
for IBM BladeCenter
Privilege Level:
Unrestricted read-write user.
When you enter the hostname command, you apply the new name to the following three areas:
Server Switch version information
Step 1
CLI prompt
Step 2
Step 3
Server Switch network name
After you configure the host name, the name that you assigned appears in the show version command
output. When you change modes, the new host name will appear in the CLI prompt.
Examples
Note the change in the CLI prompt that occurs in the last line of example output:
SFS-7000P(config)# hostname samplename
SFS-7000P(config)# exit
samplename#
Related Commands
ip
ping
show version
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hostname name
Name to assign to the system.
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