32 Installation Guide (AA-RSTZD-TE, July 2004)

Installing and Configuring the Edge Switch 2/32

63Edge Switch 2/32 Installation Guide

To configure the switch identification:

1. At the Hardware View page for the selected switch, choose Configure >

Identification. The Configure Identification dialog box displays (Figure 18).

Figure 18: Configure Identification dialog box

a. Type a switch name of 24 or fewer alphanumeric characters in the Name

field. Each switch should be configured with a unique name.

If the switch is installed on a public LAN, the name should reflect the

switch’s Ethernet network DNS host name. For example, if the DNS host

name is hpes232.hp.com, enter hpes232.

b. Click Set Name as Nickname and add a check mark if you want to use

the name in the name field as the nickname for the switch’s WWN. The

nickname will display instead of the WWN in Element Manager views.

c. Type a switch description of 255 or fewer alphanumeric characters in the

Description field.

d. Type the switch’s physical location (255 or fewer alphanumeric characters

) in the Location field.

e. Type the name of a contact person (255 or fewer alphanumeric characters)

in the Contact field.

2. Click Activate to configure the switch identification and close the dialog box.