Information About Basic Device Management; Device Hostname; Message-Of-The-Day Banner; Exec Banner - Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Configuration Manual

Information About Basic Device Management

Information About Basic Device Management

This section provides information about basic device management.

Device Hostname

You can change the device hostname displayed in the command prompt from the default (switch) to another
character string. When you give the device a unique hostname, you can easily identify the device from the
command-line interface (CLI) prompt.

Message-of-the-Day Banner

The message-of-the-day (MOTD) banner displays before the user login prompt on the device. This message
can contain any information that you want to display for users of the device.

EXEC Banner

Starting with the Cisco NX-OS Release 7.3(0)N1(1), the EXEC banner is displayed after a user logs in to a
switch. This banner can be used to post reminders to your network administrators.

Device Clock

If you do not synchronize your device with a valid outside timing mechanism, such as an NTP clock source,
you can manually set the clock time when your device boots.

Clock Manager

The Cisco Nexus chassis may contain clocks of different types that may need to be synchronized. These clocks
are a part of various components (such as the supervisor, LC processors, or line cards) and each may be using
a different protocol.
The clock manager provides a way to synchronize these different clocks.

Time Zone and Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time)

You can configure the time zone and summer time (daylight saving time) setting for your device. These values
offset the clock time from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is International Atomic Time (TAI) with
leap seconds added periodically to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation. UTC was formerly called
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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