Assigning
a Host Name to the VNswitch Module
You can identify the VNswitch module by assigning it a host name. The name
is used only for descriptive or informational purposes and does not affect or change the
address of the switch.
To use the Web-based application to assign a host name, see the System
General application window. For help on System General procedures, see Congifuring System Identification Values.
Procedure:
Step |
Action |
1 |
Select Telnet to Module from the
application tree and connect to the module. |
2 |
At the Main prompt (Main>),
enter Config. |
3 |
At the Config prompt (Config>),
enter set hostname. |
4 |
Press Return. The following message is
displayed: What is the new host name []?
|
5 |
Enter a name for the switch. The name can
be composed of alphanumeric characters and can be up to 80 characters long. Spaces are
permitted. See the example. |
6 |
Press Return. The following message is
displayed: Do you want to include host name in prompts ([Yes] or
[No])
If you choose yes, only the portion of the name up to the first period
is displayed as the port of the prompt. |
7 |
Press Return. The name you specified is
assigned to the switch and the Config> prompt is displayed. |
8 |
Restart the switch. For information about
how to restart the switch, refer to Reset help. |
9 |
Log out of the Telnet session and terminate
the connection. |
Example
The following example shows how to set a VNswitch host name to be Bldg 3-2.
Config>set hostname Bldg 3-2
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