HP 2500 manual CLI Viewing and Configuring System Information, System information settings

Configuring IP Addressing, Interface Access, and System Information

System Information

CLI: Viewing and Configuring System Information

System Information Commands Used in This Section

show system-information	below
hostname	below
snmp-server	below
[contact] [location]
mac-age-time	page 5-24
time timezone	page 5-24
time daylight-time-rule	page 5-24
time (date and time)	page 5-25

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

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