Dell PowerConnect 8024 User Manual

266 Managing General System Settings
General System Settings Configuration Examples
This section contains the following examples:
• Configuring System and Banner Information
• Configuring SNTP
• Configuring the Time Manually
Configuring System and Banner Information
In this example, an administrator configures the following system
information:
• System name: PC8024
• 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 PC8024
2
Configure the contact, location, and asset tag. Notice that the prompt
changed to the host name.
PC8024(config)#snmp-server contact “Jane Doe”
PC8024(config)#snmp-server location RTP100
PC8024(config)#asset-tag 006429
3
Configure the message that displays when a user connects to the switch.
PC8024(config)#banner motd “This switch connects
users in cubicles C121-C139.”
PC8024(config)#exit
4
View system information to verify the configuration.
PC8024#show system
System Description: Dell Ethernet Switch
System Up Time: 0 days, 19h:36m:36s

Dell PowerConnect 8024 Specifications

General

Switching Capacity	480 Gbps
Stackable	Yes
Device Type	Switch
Enclosure Type	Rack-mountable
Power Redundancy	Optional
Width	17.3 in
Height	1.7 in
Jumbo Frame Support	Yes
Ports	24 x 10 Gigabit SFP+
Management	Web-based GUI, Command Line Interface (CLI), SNMP
VLAN Support	Yes
Power Supply	Internal
Routing Protocol	Static routing
Features	Quality of Service (QoS), VLAN support
Compliant Standards	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3z
Operating Temperature	0 to 45 °C
Storage Temperature	-20 to 70 °C
Relative Humidity	10% to 90% (non-condensing)
MAC Address Table Size	32, 000 entries