Configuring System Information
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Configuring System Information

You can enter or modify a description of a switch, its location, and a contact person.
Although this information is not required, you may find it helpful in managing the switch. To
enter or modify the switch descriptions, perform the following steps.
1. At the system prompt, enter
syscfg
The current system information will appear with a prompt asking if you want to change
any of the information; for example:
System Contact : Usenet
System Name : Testnet4
System Location : Calabasas
System Description : Marketing_testnet
Duplicate MAC Aging Timer : 0 (not configured)
Change any of the above {Y/N}? (N) :
If you enter n, the syscfg command will exit and no changes will made (the default is n).
If you enter y, the current system information will be displayed line by line. To keep the
current value (shown in brackets) for a line, press <Enter> . To change a value, enter the
new value and press <Enter> .
♦ Important Note ♦
Except for the Duplicate MAC Aging Timer field, all
changes you make take place immediately.
If you entered y, something similar to the following will be displayed.
System Contact (Usenet) :
2. Enter the new system contact or just press <Enter> to accept the default. A screen similar
to the following will be displayed.
System Name (no_name) :
3. Enter the new system name or just press <Enter> to accept the default. A screen similar to
the following will be displayed.
System Location (Unset) :
4. Enter the new system location or just press <Enter> to accept the default. A screen similar
to the following will be displayed.
System Description (DESCRIPTION NOT SET.) :
5. Enter the new system description or just press <Enter> to accept the default. A screen simi-
lar to the following will be displayed.
Duplicate Mac Aging Timer :
The Duplicate MAC Aging Timer indicates the time, in seconds, duplicate MACs remain in
CAM if there is no traffic from those MACs. After this time, inactive MACs will age out of
the CAM. You must reset the switch before this parameter takes effect. Duplicate MAC
addresses will display as normal MAC addresses in other software commands, such as fwt
and macinfo. See Duplicate MAC Address Support on page 9-30 for further discussion.
6. Enter a new duplicate MAC aging timer value (the valid range is from 10 to 1000000) or
just press <Enter> to accept the default.