Setting Basic System Information - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 6000 Installation & User Manual

Setting Basic System Information

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 6SSRM-02)
Some of the commands in this procedure accept a string value. String values can be up a
Note:
maximum of 255 characters in length, including blank spaces. Surround strings that
contain blanks with quotation marks (example:
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
second
system show date
Here is an example:
ssr# 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
ssr# 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
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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<number> <month-name>
month
<second>
through Step 10 can be entered only from Configure mode.
<string>
"
<string>
"
<string>
"
string with internal blanks
"
<day> <hour>
day hour
).
"
<minute>
minute