ZyXEL Communications MES3500-24 User Manual

Chapter 8 Basic Setting

MES3500-24/24F User’s Guide

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. 

Basic Setting > General Setup 

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

Basic Setting > General Setup 

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 
Name

Enter the name of the person in charge of this Switch. You can use up to 32 printable 
ASCII characters; spaces are allowed.

Use Time Server 
when Bootup

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

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