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Stackable NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
52 Using the Console Interface
The top of the screen displays the current settings for
Console Timeout
and
Serial Port
as well as the
Baud Rate
,
Character Size
, and
Stop Bit
for Out of Band and Console settings, respectively.
Configure Switch Stack
The
Switch Stack Configuration
screen shows various pieces of information about your Switch, and allows
you to set the
System Name
,
System Location
, and
System Contact
. These settings can be retrieved from
the Switch using SNMP requests, allowing these settings to be used for network management purposes.
Choose
Configure Switch Stack
to access the second item on the
System
Configuration
menu. The
following screen appears:
Figure 6-11. Switch Stack Configuration screen
The fields you can set are:
♦
System Name
Corresponds to the SNMP MIB II variable
system.sysName
, and is used to give a
name to the Switch for administrative purposes. The Switch’s fully qualified domain name is often used,
provided a name has been assigned.
♦
System Location
Corresponds to the SNMP MIB II variable
system.sysLocation
, and is used to
indicate the physical location of the Switch for administrative purposes.
♦
System Contact
Corresponds to the SNMP MIB II variable
sysContact
, and is used to give the
name and contact information for the person responsible for administering the Switch.