Users Guide

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Managing General System Settings 507
General System Settings Configuration Examples
This section contains the following examples:
Configuring System and Banner Information
Configuring SNTP
Configuring the Time Manually
Configuring System and Banner Information
In this example, an administrator configures the following system
information:
System name: N2048
System contact: Jane Doe
System location: RTP100
Asset tag: 006429
The administrator then configures the MOTD banner to alert other switch
administrators of the connected topology.
To configure the switch:
1
Configure the hosts name.
console#configure
console(config)#hostname N2048
2
Configure the contact, location, and asset tag. Notice that the prompt
changed to the host name.
N2048(config)#snmp-server contact “Jane Doe”
N2048(config)#snmp-server location RTP100
N2048(config)#asset-tag 006429
3
Configure the message that displays when a user connects to the switch.
N2048(config)#banner motd This switch connects users in
cubicles C121-C139.”
N2048(config)#exit
4
View system information to verify the configuration.
N2048#show system
System Description: Dell Ethernet Switch
System Up Time: 0 days, 19h:36m:36s
System Contact: Jane Doe
System Name: N2048