Brocade ICX 6650 Administration Guide 15
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Basic system parameter configuration 2
Entering system administration information
You can configure a system name, contact, and location for a Brocade device and save the
information locally in the configuration file for future reference. This information is not required for
system operation but is suggested. When you configure a system name, the name replaces the
default system name in the CLI command prompt.
The name, contact, and location each can be up to 255 alphanumeric characters.
Here is an example of how to configure a system name, system contact, and location.
Brocade(config)# hostname zappa
zappa(config)# snmp-server contact Support Services
zappa(config)# snmp-server location Centerville
zappa(config)# end
zappa# write memory
Syntax: hostname <string>
Syntax: snmp-server contact <string>
Syntax: snmp-server location <string>
The text strings can contain blanks. The SNMP text strings do not require quotation marks when
they contain blanks but the host name does.
NOTE
The chassis name command does not change the CLI prompt. Instead, the command assigns an
administrative ID to the device.
SNMP parameter configuration
Use the procedures in this section to perform the following configuration tasks:
•Specify a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap receiver.
•Specify a source address and community string for all traps sent by the device.
•Change the holddown time for SNMP traps
•Disable individual SNMP traps. (All traps are enabled by default.)
•Disable traps for CLI access that is authenticated by a local user account, a RADIUS server, or
a TACACS/TACACS+ ser ver.
NOTE
To add and modify “get” (read-only) and “set” (read-write) community strings, refer to the Brocade
ICX 6650 Switch Security Configuration Guide.

Specifying an SNMP trap receiver

You can specify a trap receiver to ensure that all SNMP traps sent by the Brocade device go to the
same SNMP trap receiver or set of receivers, typically one or more host devices on the network.
When you specify the host, you also specify a community string. The Brocade device sends all the
SNMP traps to the specified hosts and includes the specified community string. Administrators
can therefore filter for traps from a Brocade device based on IP address or community string.