DELL N3000 User Manual

Managing General System Settings

This section contains the following examples:

• Configuring System and Banner Information
• Configuring SNTP
• Configuring the Time Manually

In this example, an administrator configures the following system 

information:

• System name: N2048
• System contact: Jane Doe
• System location: RTP100
• Asset tag: 006429

The administrator then configures the MOTD banner to alert other switch 

administrators of the connected topology.
To configure the switch:

1 Configure the hosts name.

console#configure

console(config)#hostname N2048

2 Configure the contact, location, and asset tag. Notice that the prompt 

changed to the host name.

N2048(config)#snmp-server contact “Jane Doe”

N2048(config)#snmp-server location RTP100

N2048(config)#asset-tag 006429

3 Configure the message that displays when a user connects to the switch.

N2048(config)#banner motd “This switch connects 

N2048(config)#exit

4 View system information to verify the configuration.

N2048#show system

System Description: Dell Ethernet Switch

System Up Time: 0 days, 19h:36m:36s