Default Settings For Basic Device Parameters; Changing The Device Hostname - Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Basic Device Management

Default Settings for Basic Device Parameters

This table lists the default settings for basic device parameters.
Table 17: Default Basic Device Parameters
Parameters
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Changing the Device Hostname

You can change the device hostname displayed in the command prompt from the default (switch) to another
character string.
Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Command or Action
configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
{hostname | switchname} name
Example:
Using the hostname command:
switch(config)# hostname Engineering1
Engineering1(config)#
Using the switchname command:
Engineering1(config)# switchname
Engineering2
Engineering2(config)#
exit
Example:
Engineering2(config)# exit
Engineering2#
copy running-config startup-config
Example:
Engineering2# copy running-config
startup-config
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Default Settings for Basic Device Parameters
Default
User Access Verification
UTC
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Changes the device hostname. The name
argument is alphanumeric, case sensitive, and
has a maximum length of 32 characters. The
default is switch.
The switchname command performs
Note
the same function as the hostname
command.
Exits global configuration mode.
(Optional)
Copies the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
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