Chapter 8 Basic Setting

8.3 General Setup

Use this screen to configure general settings such as the system name and time. Click Basic Setting > General Setup in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown.

Figure 31 Basic Setting > General Setup

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 14 Basic Setting > General Setup

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

System Name

Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. This name consists of up to 64

 

printable characters; spaces are allowed.

 

 

Location

Enter the geographic location of your Switch. You can use up to 32 printable ASCII

 

characters; spaces are allowed.

 

 

Contact Person's

Enter the name of the person in charge of this Switch. You can use up to 32 printable

Name

ASCII characters; spaces are allowed.

 

 

Use Time Server

Enter the time service protocol that your timeserver uses. Not all time servers support all

when Bootup

protocols, so you may have to use trial and error to find a protocol that works. The main

 

differences between them are the time format.

 

When you select the Daytime (RFC 867) format, the Switch displays the day, month,

 

year and time with no time zone adjustment. When you use this format it is recommended

 

that you use a Daytime timeserver within your geographical time zone.

 

Time (RFC-868)format displays a 4-byte integer giving the total number of seconds

 

since 1970/1/1 at 0:0:0.

 

NTP (RFC-1305)is similar to Time (RFC-868).

 

None is the default value. Enter the time manually. Each time you turn on the Switch, the

 

time and date will be reset to 1970-1-1 0:0.

 

 

Time Server IP

Enter the IP address of your timeserver. The Switch searches for the timeserver for up to

Address

60 seconds. If you select a timeserver that is unreachable, then this screen will appear

 

locked for 60 seconds. Please wait.

 

 

Current TimeThis field displays the time you open this menu (or refresh the menu).

 

 

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