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Riverstone Networks RS 2100 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 4-9
RS 2100 Initial Configuration Setting the Basic System Information
4.4 SETTING THE BASIC SYSTEM INFORMATION
Follow the procedures 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 RS 2100)
• IP address for the management port on the RS 2100
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 to verify your settings.
Here is an example:
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 date year <number> month <month-name> day <day> hour <hour> minute <minute> second
<second>
system show date
rs# system set date year 2003 month march day 27 hour 11 minute 54
second 0
Time changed to: Mon Mar 27 11:54:00 2003
rs#
system show date
Current time: Mon Mar 27 11:54:04 2003
system set name “<string>”
system set location “<string>”
system set contact “<string>”