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Introduction 90

SmartWare Software Configuration Guide 7 • Basic system management

Introduction

This chapter describes parameters that report basic system information to the operator or administrator, and

their conﬁguration. The following are basic parameters that can be established when setting up a new system:

• Deﬁning the system's hostname

• Setting the location of the system

• Providing reference contact information

• Setting the clock

Additionally, the following tasks are described in this chapter:

• Checking the CRC of conﬁguration ﬁles

• Displaying the currently running SmartWare commands

• Moving SmartWare commands into the foreground

• Setting the system banner

• Enabling the embedded web server

Basic system management conﬁguration task list

All tasks in the following sections are optional, though some such as setting time and calendar services and sys-

tem information are highly recommended.

To conﬁgure basic system parameters, perform the tasks described in the following sections.

• Managing feature license keys (see page 91)

• Setting system information (see page 92)

• Setting the system banner (see page 93)

• Setting time and date (see page 94)

• Displaying clock information (see page 94)

• Displaying time since last restart (see page 95)

• Conﬁguring and starting the web server (see page 95)

• Determining and deﬁning the active CLI version (see page 95)

• Restarting the system (see page 96)

• Displaying the system event log (see page 96)

• Controlling command execution (see page 97)

• Setting timed execution of CLI commands (see page 99)

• Displaying the checksum of a conﬁguration (see page 99)

• Conﬁguration of terminal sessions (see page 99)

• Identifying a unit by ﬂashing all LED’s (see page 99)