Setting The System Name And System Prompt On The Switch; Setting The Static System Name And Prompt - Cisco WS-C6506 Software Manual

Setting the System Name and System Prompt on the Switch

Setting the System Name and System Prompt on the Switch
The system name on the switch is a user-configurable string that is 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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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).
If you have not configured a system prompt, the first 20 characters of the system name are used as the
system prompt (a greater-than symbol [>] is appended). The prompt is updated whenever the system
name changes, unless you manually configure the prompt using the set prompt command.
The switch performs a DNS lookup for the system name whenever one of the following occurs:
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If the system name is user configured, no DNS lookup is performed.

Setting the Static System Name and Prompt

These sections describe how to set the static system name and prompt:
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Setting the Static System Name
To set a static system name, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Set the static system name.
When you set the system name, the system name is used as the system prompt. You can override the
Note
prompt string with the set prompt command.
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Assign an IP address that is mapped to the switch name on the DNS server to the sc0 interface.
Enable DNS on the switch
Specify at least one valid DNS server on the switch
The switch is initialized (power on or reset)
You configure the IP address on the sc0 interface using the command-line interface (CLI) or Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
You configure a route using the set ip route command
You clear the system name using the set system name command
You enable DNS or specify DNS servers
Setting the Static System Name, page 22-2
Setting the Static System Prompt, page 22-3
Clearing the System Name, page 22-3
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Command
set system name name_string
Administering the Switch
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