Dell 2161DS-2, 4161DS manual Configuring Network Settings

To assign names to devices:

1In the Names dialog box, select a device name or port number and click Modify. The Name Modify dialog box displays.

2Type a name in the New Name box. Names of devices may be up to 15 characters long. Legal characters include: A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9, space and hyphen.

3Click OK to transfer the new name to the Names dialog box. Your selection is not saved until you click OK in the Names dialog box.

4Repeat steps 1 to 3 for each device in the system.

5Click OK in the Names dialog box to save your changes. or

Click X or press <Escape> to close the dialog box without saving changes.

Configuring Network Settings

You can change the network settings for your Remote Console Switch via the serial port or from the Network dialog box.

You can choose to assign a static IP address to the switch or where appropriate you can select the DHCP option to allow an IP address to be assigned dynamically by a DHCP server.

Figure 3-9. Network Dialog Box

Once you have made changes to the network settings, click OK to return to the Setup dialog box.

Basic Operations

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