Enterasys Networks X-Pedition 2000 - Manual (Page 62)

Setting Basic System Information
46 Enterasys X-Pedition 2000 Getting Started Guide
Setting Basic System Information
Use the procedure in this section to set the following system information:
• System time and date
• System name
• System location
• Contact name (the person to contact regarding this XP-2000)
Note: Some of the commands in this procedure accept a string value. String values can be up a
maximum of 255 characters in length, including blank spaces. Surround strings that
contain blanks with quotation marks (example:
“ string with internal blanks ” ).
To set the system information:
1. Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.
2. Use the following commands to set the system time and date and then verify the setting
Here is an example:
3. Ensure that you are in Configure mode by entering the configure command in the CLI. The
commands in
Step 4 through Step 10 can be entered only from Configure mode.
4. Use the following commands to set the system name, location, and contact information:
Here is an example:
set date year <number> month <month-name> day <day> hour <hour> minute <minute>
second <second>
system show date
xp# system set date year 2001 month may day 15 hour 11 minute 54 second 0
Time changed to: Mon May 14 11:54:00 2001
xp# system show date
Current time: Mon May 14 11:54:04 2001
system set name “ <string> ”
system set location “ <string> ”
system set contact “ <string> ”
xp(config)# system set name “xp-1”
xp(config)# system set location “Sunnyvale, CA”
xp(config)# system set contact “John Smith”