5

System

This chapter describes the system screens.

5.1 System Screen

The home screen of the web configurator displays general system information and allows you to perform system maintenance. Click System > Status in the navigation panel to view device specific information such as system name, firmware version and so on.

Figure 19 System

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 5 System

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Device Name

This read-only field displays the name of your switch.

 

 

Firmware

This field displays the version number of the switch 's current firmware. Click

Version

Upgrade to go to the firmware upgrade screen. See Section 5.3 on page 53.

 

 

Build Date

This field displays the date of the currently installed firmware.

 

 

MAC Address

This field displays the MAC address of the switch.

 

 

DHCP Client

This field displays:

 

Enabled - if the switch is set up to receive an IP address from a DHCP server.

 

Click this to change the setting to Disabled. If you disable the DHCP client

 

feature you will need to set up a static IP address. See Section 5.1.1 on page 50.

 

Disabled - if the switch is set up not to receive an IP address from a DHCP

 

server. Click this to change the setting to Enabled. If you enable the DHCP client

 

feature you will need to check what IP address is assigned to your switch in order

 

to log into the web configurator again.

 

 

 

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