Chapter 26 Administering The Switch; Setting The System Name And System Prompt - Cisco WS-C4003 - Catalyst 4000 Chassis Switch Software Configuration Manual

Administering the Switch
This chapter describes how to perform various administrative tasks on the Catalyst enterprise LAN
switches.
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, refer to the Command
Reference—Catalyst 4000 Family, Catalyst 2948G, and Catalyst 2980G Switches.
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Setting the System Name and System Prompt

The system name on the switch is a user-configurable string that identifies the device. The default
configuration has no system name configured.
If you do not manually configure a system name, the switch obtains the system name through a Domain
Name System (DNS) lookup. To configure the switch manually:
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If the DNS lookup is successful, the DNS host name of the switch is configured as the system name of
the switch and is saved in NVRAM (the domain name is removed).
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Setting the System Name and System Prompt, page 26-1
Setting the System Contact and Location, page 26-3
Setting the System Clock, page 26-4
Creating a Login Banner, page 26-4
Defining and Using Command Aliases, page 26-5
Defining and Using IP Aliases, page 26-7
Configuring Permanent and Static ARP Entries, page 26-7
Configuring Static Routes, page 26-9
Scheduling a System Reset, page 26-10
Power Management, page 26-11
Generating System Status Reports for Tech Support, page 26-16
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
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