Introduction; Basic System Management Configuration Task List; Setting System Information - Patton electronics SmartNode Series Software Configuration Manual

8 • Basic system management

Introduction

This chapter describes parameters that report basic system information to the operator or administrator, and
their configuration.
There are basic SmartWare parameters that need to be established when first setting up a new system. The
administrator needs to define the system's hostname, set the location of the system, provide reference contact
information, and set the clock.
In addition basic management tasks such as checking the CRC of configuration files, displaying the currently
running SmartWare commands, moving SmartWare commands back into foreground, setting the system ban-
ner, enabling the embedded web server, and other task of system character are described in this chapter.
Basic system management configuration task list
All tasks in the following sections are optional, though some such as setting time and calendar services and sys-
tem information are highly recommended.
To configure basic system parameters, perform the tasks described in the following sections.
• Setting system information (see
• Setting the system banner (see
• Setting time and date (see
• Display clock information (see
• Display time since last restart (see
• Configuring and starting the web server (see
• Determining and defining the active CLI version (see
• Restarting the system (see
• Displaying the system event log (see
• Controlling command execution (see
• Displaying the checksum of a configuration (see

Setting system information

The system information includes the following parameters:
• Contact
• Hostname
• Location
• Provider
• Subscriber
• Supplier
By default there is no information specified for any of the above parameters.
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Introduction