Chapter 3: Basic System Setup
Setting Basic System Information
Use the procedure in this section to set the following system information:
•
System time and date
•
System name
•
System location
•
Contact name (the person to contact regarding this IA 1100/1200)
Note:
Some of the commands in this procedure accept a string value. String values can
be up a maximum of 255 characters in length, including blank spaces. Surround
strings that contain blanks with quotation marks (example:
blanks
To set the system information:
1.
Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.
2.
Use the following commands to set the system time and date and then verify the
setting
set date year
minute
system show date
Here is an example:
ia# system set date year 1998 month january day 19 hour 11 minute 54
second 0
Time changed to: Mon Jan 19 11:54:00 1998
ia# system show date
Current time: Mon Jan 19 11:54:04 1998
3.
Ensure that you are in Configure mode by entering the configure command in the
CLI. The commands in Step 4 through Step 10 can be entered only from Configure
mode.
4.
Use the following commands to set the system name, location, and contact
information:
system set name "
system set location "
system set contact "
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month
<minute>
<second>
second
<string>
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<string>
<string>
<month-name>
day
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<day>
<hour>
hour