D-Link DES-3624 manual Configure Switch Stack, 11. Switch Stack Configuration screen

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Configure Switch Stack

Stackable NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide

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.

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D-Link DES-3624 manual Configure Switch Stack, 11. Switch Stack Configuration screen