Setting The Basic System Information - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 8000 Getting Started Manual

Chapter 3: Software Installation and Setup

Setting the Basic System Information

Use the procedure in this section to set the following system information:
• System time and date
• System name
• System location
• Contact name (the person to contact regarding this SSR)
• IP address for the management port on the Control Module
Note: Some of the commands in this procedure accept a string value. String values can
be up to a maximum of 255 characters in length including blank spaces. Surround
strings that contain blanks with quotation marks (for example: "string with
internal blanks").
1. Enter the enable command to get to Enable mode in the CLI.
2. Enter the following commands to set the system time and date and then verify the
setting:
system set date year <number> month <month-name> day <day>
system show date
Here is an example:
ssr# system set date year 1999 month june day 14 hour 11 minute 54
Time changed to: Mon Jun 14 11:54:00 1999
ssr# system show date
Current time: Mon Jun 14 11:54:04 1999
3. Enter the configure command to get to Configure mode in the CLI. The following
commands can be entered only from Configure mode.
4. Enter the following commands to set the system name, location, and contact
information:
system set name "<string>"
system set location "<string>"
system set contact "<string>"
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hour <hour> minute <minute> second <second>
second 0
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