Chapter 20 Administering The Switch; Setting The System Name And System Prompt - Cisco WS-X6066-SLB-APC - Content Switching Module Software Manual

Administering the Switch
This chapter describes how to perform various administrative tasks on the Catalyst 6000 family
switches.
For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, refer to the
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Catalyst 6000 Family Command Reference publication.
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Setting the System Name and System Prompt

The system name on the switch is a user-configurable string used to identify the device. The default
configuration has no system name configured.
If you do not manually configure a system name, the system name is obtained through the Domain Name
System (DNS) if you configure the switch as follows:
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Setting the System Name and System Prompt, page 20-1
Setting the System Contact and Location, page 20-3
Setting the System Clock, page 20-4
Creating a Login Banner, page 20-4
Defining Command Aliases, page 20-5
Defining IP Aliases, page 20-6
Configuring Static Routes, page 20-7
Configuring Permanent and Static ARP Entries, page 20-8
Scheduling a System Reset, page 20-9
Power Management, page 20-11
Environmental Monitoring, page 20-16
Displaying System Status Information for Technical Support, page 20-17
Assign the sc0 interface an IP address that is mapped to the switch name on the DNS server
Enable DNS on the switch
Specify at least one valid DNS server on the switch
Catalyst 6000 Family Software Configuration Guide—Releases 6.3 and 6.4
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