Dell 4161DS Switch User Manual


 
51 Controlling Your System at the Analog Ports
1
In the
Names
dialog box, select a device name or port number and click
Modify
. The
Name Modify
dialog box displays.
2
Type a name in the
New Name
box. Names of devices may be up to 15
characters long. Legal characters include: A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9, space and
hyphen.
3
Click
OK
to transfer the new name to the
Names
dialog box. Your
selection is not saved until you click
OK
in the
Names
dialog box.
4
Repeat steps 1 to 3 for each device in the system.
5
Click
OK
in the
Names
dialog box to save your changes.
or
Click
X
or press <Escape>
to close the dialog box without saving changes.
Configuring Network Settings
You can change the network settings for your Remote Console Switch via the
serial port or from the Network dialog box.
From the Network dialog box, you can choose either IPv4 (default) or IPv6
mode. You will be able to change the following network settings: IP Address,
Netmask (when using IPv4 mode) or Prefix Length (when using IPv6 mode),
and Gateway. You will also be able to choose a Network Speed, a
Transmission Mode, and whether to assign a Static (default) IP address or,
when appropriate, a Dynamic IP address to the Remote Console Switch.