Chapter
2
This
c hapter
d escribes
t he
b asic
c onfiguration
t asks,
i ncluding
s ystem
I nformation
a nd
s witch
m anagement
( e.g.,
Time,
A ccount,
I P,
S yslog,
a nd
N TP).
2-‐1
S ystem
You
c an
i dentify
t he
s ystem
b y
c onfiguring
t he
c ontact
i nformation,
n ame,
a nd
l ocation
o f
t he
s witch.
2-‐1.1
I nformation
The
s witch
s ystem's
c ontact
i nformation
i s
p rovided
h ere.
Web
i nterface
To
c onfigure
S ystem
I nformation
i n
t he
w eb
i nterface:
1. Click
C onfiguration,
S ystem,
a nd
I nformation.
2. Write
S ystem
C ontact,
S ystem
N ame,
S ystem
L ocation
i nformation
i n
t his
p age.
3. Click
A pply.
Figure
2 -‐1.1:
System
I
nformation
Parameter
d escription:
System
C ontact:
The
t ext
t hat
i dentifies
t he
c ontact
p erson
f or
t his
m anaged
n ode,
t ogether
w ith
i nformation
o n
how
t o
c ontact
t his
p erson.
T he
a llowed
s tring
l ength
i s
0
t o
1 28,
a nd
t he
a llowed
c ontent
i s
t he
ASCII
c haracters
f rom
3 2
t o
1 26.
System
n ame:
This
i s
t he
n ame
a ssigned
t o
t he
s witch
f or
t his
m anaged
n ode.
B y
c onvention,
t his
i s
t he
n ode's
fully
q ualified
d omain
n ame.
A
d omain
n ame
i s
a
t ext
s tring
d rawn
f rom
t he
a lphabet
( A-‐Z,
a -‐z),
digits
( 0-‐9),
a nd
m inus
s ign
( -‐).
N o
s pace
c haracters
a re
p ermitted
a s
p art
o f
a
n ame.
T he
f irst
character
m ust
b e
a n
a lpha
c haracter.
T he
f irst
o r
l ast
c haracter
m ust
n ot
b e
a
m inus
s ign.
T he
allowed
s tring
l ength
i s
0
t o
1 28.
System
C onfiguration
6
Publication date: Sept, 2015
Revision A1