System Configuration - HP 438031-B21 - 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch Cli Reference Manual

System configuration

These commands allow you to configure switch management parameters such as user and administrator
privilege mode passwords, browser-based management settings, and management access list.
The following table describes the System Configuration commands.
System Configuration commands
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Command
system date <yyyy> <mm> <dd>
system time <hh>:<mm>:<ss>
system timezone
[no] system daylight
system idle <1-60>
[no] system notice <1-1024
characters multi-line> <'-'
to end>
[no] banner <1-80 characters> Configures a login banner of up to 80 characters. When a user or
[no] hostname <string>
[no] system bootp
[no] dhcp
Usage
Prompts the user for the system date.
Command mode: Global configuration
Configures the system time using a 24-hour clock format.
Command mode: Global configuration
Configures the time zone where the switch resides. You are prompted to
select your location (continent, country, region) by the timezone wizard.
Once a region is selected, the switch updates the time to reflect local
changes to Daylight Savings Time, etc.
Command mode: Global configuration
Enables or disables Daylight Savings Time in the system clock. When
enabled, the switch adds an extra hour to the system clock so that it is
consistent with the local clock. The default setting is disabled.
Command mode: Global configuration
Sets the idle timeout for CLI sessions, from 1 to 60 minutes.
The default value is 5 minutes.
This setting affects both the console port and Telnet port.
Command mode: Global configuration
Displays login notice immediately before the "Enter password:" prompt.
This notice can contain up to 1024 characters and new lines.
Command mode: Global configuration
administrator logs into the switch, the login banner is displayed.
Command mode: Global configuration
Enables or disables displaying of the host name (system administrator's
name) in the command line interface.
Command mode: Global configuration
Enables or disables the use of BOOTP. If you enable BOOTP, the switch
will query its BOOTP server for all of the switch IP parameters. The default
value is enabled.
Command mode: Global configuration
Enables or disables Dynamic Host Control Protocol for setting the
management IP address on interface 256. When enabled, the IP address
obtained from the DHCP server overrides the static IP address.
Command mode: Global configuration
Configuration Commands
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