Administrator Guide

Managing General System Settings 389
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Managing General System Settings
Dell Networking N1500, N2000, N3000, and N4000 Series Switches
This chapter describes how to set system information, such as the hostname,
and time settings, and how to select the Switch Database Management
(SDM) template to use on the switch.
For the Dell Networking N1500, N2000, and N3000 Series switches, this
chapter also describes how to configure the Power over Ethernet (PoE)
settings. For the Dell Networking N3000 Series switches, this chapter also
describes how to view back-panel expansion slot information.
The topics covered in this chapter include:
• System Settings Overview
• Default General System Information
• Configuring General System Settings (Web)
• Configuring System Settings (CLI)
• General System Settings Configuration Examples
System Settings Overview
The system settings include the information described in Table 12-1. This
information helps identify the switch.
Table 12-1. System Information
Feature Description
System Name The switch name (host name). If the system name is changed,
the CLI prompt changes from console to the system name.
System contact Identifies the person to contact for information regarding the
switch.
System location Identifies the physical location of the switch.
Asset tag Uniquely identifies the switch. Some organizations use asset tags
to identify, control, and track each piece of equipment.