Table 78 System Configuration Menu options

Command

Usage

 

 

date

Prompts the user for the system date.

 

 

time

Configures the system time using a 24-hour clock format.

 

 

timezone

Configures the time zone where the switch resides. You are prompted

 

to select your location (continent, country, region) by the timezone

 

wizard. Once a region is selected, the switch updates the time to

 

reflect local changes to Daylight Savings Time, etc.

 

 

idle <1-60>

Sets the idle timeout for CLI sessions, from 1 to 60 minutes. The default

 

is 5 minutes.

 

This setting affects both the console port and Telnet port.

 

 

notice <1-1024 character multi-

Displays login notice immediately before the “Enter password:”

line> <'-' to end>

prompt. This notice can contain up to 1024 characters and new lines.

 

 

bannr <1-80 characters>

Configures a login banner of up to 80 characters. When a user or

 

administrator logs into the switch, the login banner is displayed. It is

 

also displayed as part of the output from the /info/sys/gen

 

command.

 

 

hprompt disableenable

Enables or disables displaying of the host name (system administrator’s

 

name) in the command line interface.

 

 

bootp disableenable

Enables or disables the use of BOOTP. If you enable BOOTP, the

 

switch will query its BOOTP server for all of the switch IP parameters.

 

The default value is enabled.

 

 

dhcp disableenable

Enables or disables Dynamic Host Control Protocol for setting the

 

management IP address on interface 256. When enabled, the IP

 

address obtained from the DHCP server overrides the static IP address.

 

The default value is enabled.

 

 

reminders disableenable

Enables or disables reminder messages in the CLI. The default value is

 

enabled.

 

 

cur

Displays the current system parameters.

 

 

System host log configuration

Command: /cfg/sys/syslog
[Syslog Menu]

 

host- Set IP address of first syslog host
host2- Set IP address of second syslog host
sever- Set the severity of first syslog host
sever2- Set the severity of second syslog host
facil- Set facility of first syslog host
facil2- Set facility of second syslog host
console- Enable/disable console output of syslog messages

log

- Enable/disable syslogging of features

cur

- Display current syslog settings
The following table describes the Syslog Configuration Menu options.Table 79 Syslog Configuration Menu options

Command

Description

 

 

 

host <IP address>

Sets the IP address of the first syslog host. For example,

 

100.10.1.1

 

 

 

 

host2 <IP address>

Sets the IP address of the second syslog host. For example,

 

100.10.1.2

 

 

 

 

sever <1-7>

Sets the severity level of the first syslog host displayed. The

 

default is 7, which means log all the severity levels.

 

 

 

 

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