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Configuring IP Addressing, Interface Access, and System Information
System Information
Configuring IP Addressing,
Interface Access, and
CLI: Viewing and Configuring System Information
System Information Commands Used in This Section
Listing the Current System Information. This command lists the current
system information settings.
Syntax: show system-information
This example shows the switch’s default console configuration.
Figure 5-9. Example of CLI System Information Listing
Configure a System Name, Contact, and Location for the Switch. To
help distinguish one switch from another, configure a plain-language identity
for the switch.
Syntax: hostname <name-string>
snmp-server [contact <system contact>] [location <system location>]
Note that no blank spaces are allowed in the variables for these commands.
For example, to name the switch “Blue” with “Ext-4474” as the system contact,
and “North-Data-Room” as the location:
HP2512(config)# hostname Blue
HP2512(config)# snmp-server contact Ext-4474 location North-Data-Room
HP2512(config)# show system-information
show system-information below
hostname below
snmp-server
[contact] [location]
below
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