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Chapter 3 CLI Commands
(config) hostname
(config) hostname
To configure the network hostname on a WAAS device, use the hostname global configuration
command. To reset the hostname to the default setting, use the no form of this command.
hostname name
no hostname name
Syntax Description
Defaults The default hostname is the model number of the WAAS device (for example WAE-511, WAE-611, or
WAE-7326).
Command Modes global configuration
Device Modes application-accelerator
central-manager
Usage Guidelines Use this command to configure the hostname for the WAAS device. The hostname is used for the
command prompts and default configuration filenames. This name is also used for routing, so it
conforms to the following rules:
• It can use only alphanumeric characters and hyphens (-).
• The maximum length is 30 characters.
• The following characters are considered illegal and cannot be used when naming a device: @, #,
$,%, ^, &, *, (), |, \””/, <>.
Examples The following example shows how to change the hostname of the WAAS device to sandbox:
WAE-511(config)# hostname sandbox
Sandbox(config)#
The following example shows how to remove the hostname:
Sandbox(config)# no hostname
WAE-511(config)#
Related Commands dnslookup
(config) ip
(config-if) ip
name New hostname for the WAAS device; the name is case sensitive. The name
may be from 1 to 30 alphanumeric characters.