Dell PowerConnect B-RX - Chapter 5 Configuring Basic Parameters; Entering System Administration Information

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Chapter
5
Configuring Basic Parameters
This chapter describes how to configure basic system parameters.
The software comes with default parameters to allow you to begin using the basic features of the
system immediately. However, many advanced features, such as VLANs or routing protocols for the
router, must first be enabled at the system (global) level before they can be configured.
You can find system level parameters at the Global CONFIG level of the CLI.
NOTE
For information about the Syslog buffer and messages, refer to Appendix A, “Using Syslog”.
NOTE
Before assigning or modifying any router parameters, you must assign the IP subnet (interface)
addresses for each port.
Entering system administration information
You can configure a system name, contact, and location for the device and save the information
locally in the configuration file for future reference. The information is not required for system
operation but recommended. When you configure a system name, it replaces the default system
name in the CLI command prompt.
To configure a system name, contact, and location, enter commands such as the following.
BigIron RX(config)# hostname home
home(config)# snmp-server contact Suzy Sanchez
home(config)# snmp-server location Centerville
home(config)# end
home# write memory
The system name you configure home replaces the system name BigIron RX.
Syntax: hostname <string>
Syntax: snmp-server contact <string>
Syntax: snmp-server location <string>
The name, contact, and location each can be up to 32 alphanumeric characters. The text strings
can contain blanks. The SNMP text strings do not require quotation marks when they contain
blanks but the host name does.
NOTE
The chassis name command does not change the CLI prompt. Instead, the command assigns an
administrative ID to the device.