Chapter 7 Basic Setting

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 9 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 (up to 32 characters) of your switch.

 

 

Contact

Enter the name (up to 32 characters) of the person in charge of this switch.

Person's Name

 

 

 

Login

Configure the local user accounts in the Access Control Logins screen. The

Precedence

RADIUS is an external server. Use this drop-down list box to select which database

 

the switch should use (first) to authenticate a user.

 

Before you specify the priority, make sure you have set up the corresponding

 

database correctly first.

 

Select Local Only to have the switch just check the local user accounts configured

 

in the Access Control Logins screen.

 

Select Local then RADIUS to have the switch check the local user accounts

 

configured in the Access Control Logins screen. If the user name is not found, the

 

switch then checks the user database on the specified RADIUS server. You need to

 

configure the Port Authentication Radius screen first.

 

Select RADIUS Only to have the switch just check the user database on the

 

specified RADIUS server for a login username and password.

 

 

Use Time

Enter the time service protocol that a timeserver sends when you turn on the switch.

Server When

Not all timeservers support all protocols, so you may have to use trial and error to

Bootup

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

Address

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

 

appear locked for 60 seconds. Please wait.

 

 

Current Time

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

 

 

New Time

Enter the new time in hour, minute and second format. The new time then appears

(hh:min:ss)

in the Current Time field after you click Apply.

 

 

Current Date

This field displays the date you open this menu.

 

 

New Date (yyyy-

Enter the new date in year, month and day format. The new date then appears in

mm-dd)

the Current Date field after you click Apply.

 

 

Time Zone

Select the time difference between UTC (Universal Time Coordinated, formerly

 

known as GMT, Greenwich Mean Time) and your time zone from the drop-down list

 

box.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the switch’s run-time memory. The switch

 

loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top

 

navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are

 

done configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to start configuring the screen again.

 

 

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