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Systems Configuration
The Configuration – Systems menu has the following sub-menu options:
• Device Identity
• Date and Time
• General
Device Identity
Configuration – Systems > Device Identity
This configuration section describes how to configure the identity of the router.
Description
This free-form text input field is for entering a description of the router that can be used to
uniquely identify it. This is useful where there are a large number of routers on a site and a
descriptive name would be easier to use when referring to the router, rather than having to
use the serial number or other unique parameter. This parameter is used by the SNMP
function within the router.
Contact
This is another SNMP parameter which is used to enter a contact name.
Location
This SNMP parameter sets a location string for the router, which again may be helpful when
referring to a particular router within a site or for identifying a particular site.
Device ID
This field is taken from the device cloud configuration and should not normally need to be
changed. When using device cloud to manage the router, the configuration procedure
assigns a device ID to the router. The device ID is a 64-byte value, with each 8-byte section
separated with a “-“ character. Valid digits are upper case hexadecimal. The first 16 digits
(reading from left to right) are normally set to “0” and the second 16 comprise the MAC
address of the primary Ethernet interface and the digits “FF” in order make up the full 8-
digit. The following device ID illustrates the format:
00000000-00000000-001122FF-FF334455
This example uses the MAC address 00:11:22:33:44:55.
Router Identity
This is a string of up to 20 characters that can be used to identify the router in email alert
messages generated by the event logger. This is also the prompt string that appears when
logging on to the router remotely. The factory configuration uses the character sequence
“%s” which gets replaced by the serial number of the router when the unit identity is
displayed. This character sequence may be used when creating a custom identity for the
router. For example, if the serial number of the router is 012345, entering the string
“My_Router_%s>” would show the prompt “My_Router_012345>” during a remote
login.
Hostname
This parameter assigns a hostname to the local IP address of the router.
Secondary Hostname
This parameter allows a second hostname to be assigned to a router. This is associated with
the secondary IP address.