Cisco 500 Series - System Settings

Administration
System Settings
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System Settings
The System Summary page provides a graphic view of the device, and displays
device status, hardware information, firmware version information, general PoE
status, and other items.
Displaying the System Summary
To view system information:
STEP 1 Click Status and Statistics > System Summary.
System Information:
• System Stack Mode—Displays whether the device is part of a stack. See
the Stack Unit Mode section for more information about stack modes.
NOTE If the system is in Native Stacking mode, the Firmware Version number
shown is based on the version of the master.
• System Operational Mode—Specifies whether the system is operating in
Layer 2 or Layer 3 system mode for 500 devices.
• System Description—A description of the system.
• System Location—Physical location of the device. Click Edit to go the
System Settings page to enter this value.
• System Contact—Name of a contact person. Click Edit to go the System
Settings page to enter this value.
• Host Name—Name of the device. Click Edit to go the System Settings
page to enter this value. By default, the device hostname is composed of
the word switch concatenated with the three least significant bytes of the
device MAC address (the six furthest right hexadecimal digits).
• System Object ID—Unique vendor identification of the network
management subsystem contained in the entity (used in SNMP).
• System Uptime—Time that has elapsed since the last reboot.
• Current Time—Current system time.