System Settings

The system setting page allows you customize the settings on your switch. You can configure the following:

Procedure

Step 1

Click Administration > System Settings.

Step 2

View or modify the system settings.

  • System Description—Displays a description of the device.

  • System Location—Enter the physical location of the device.

  • System Contact—Enter the name of a contact person.

  • Host Name—Select the host name of this device. This is used in the prompt of CLI commands:

    • Use Default—The default hostname (System Name) of these switches is: switch123456, where 123456 represents the last three bytes of the device MAC address in hex format.

    • User Defined—Enter the hostname. Use only letters, digits, and hyphens. Host names can’t begin or end with a hyphen. No other symbols, punctuation characters, or blank spaces are permitted (as specified in RFC1033, 1034, 1035).

  • Custom Banner Settings—The following banners can be set:

    • Login Banner—Enter text to display on the Login page before login. Click Preview to view the results.

    • Welcome Banner—Enter text to display on the Login page after login. Click Preview to view the results.

      Note

      When you define a login banner from the web-based configuration utility, it also activates the banner for the CLI interfaces (Console, Telnet, and SSH).

      The banner can contain up to 2000 characters.

Step 3

Click Apply to save the values in the Running Configuration file.