Dell 4161DS - Manual (Page 37)

Basic Operations 37
To assign names to devices:
1
In the Names dialog box, select a device name or port number and click Modify. The
Name Modify dialog box displays.
2
Type a name in the New Name box. Names of devices may be up to 15 characters long.
Legal characters include: A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9, space and hyphen.
3
Click OK to transfer the new name to the Names dialog box. Your selection is not saved
until you click OK in the Names dialog box.
4
Repeat steps 1 to 3 for each device in the system.
5
Click OK in the Names dialog box to save your changes.
or
Click X or press <Escape> to close the dialog box without saving changes.
Configuring Network Settings
You can change the network settings for your Remote Console Switch via the serial port or from
the Network dialog box.
You can choose to assign a static IP address to the switch or where appropriate you can select the
DHCP option to allow an IP address to be assigned dynamically by a DHCP server.
Figure 3-9. Network Dialog Box
Once you have made changes to the network settings, click OK to return to the Setup dialog
box.