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Basic system parameter configuration

NOTE

For information about the Syslog buffer and messages, refer to Appendix A, “Syslog messages”.

The procedures in this section describe how to configure the basic system parameters listed in

Table 5.

Entering system administration information

You can configure a system name, contact, and location for a Brocade device and save the

information locally in the configuration file for future reference. This information is not required for

system operation but is suggested. When you configure a system name, the name replaces the

default system name in the CLI command prompt.

The name, contact, and location each can be up to 255 alphanumeric characters.

Here is an example of how to configure a system name, system contact, and location.

Brocade(config)# hostname zappa

zappa(config)# snmp-server contact Support Services

zappa(config)# snmp-server location Centerville

zappa(config)# end

zappa# write memory

Syntax: hostname string

Syntax: snmp-server contact string

Syntax: snmp-server location string

The text strings can contain blanks. The SNMP text strings do not require quotation marks when

they contain blanks but the host name does.

NOTE

The chassis name command does not change the CLI prompt. Instead, the command assigns an

administrative ID to the device.

SNMP parameter configuration

Use the procedures in this section to perform the following configuration tasks:

• Specify a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap receiver.

• Specify a source address and community string for all traps sent by the device.

• Change the holddown time for SNMP traps

• Disable individual SNMP traps. (All traps are enabled by default.)

• Disable traps for CLI access that is authenticated by a local user account, a RADIUS server, or

a TACACS/TACACS+ server.

NOTE

To add and modify “get” (read-only) and “set” (read-write) community strings, refer to “Security

Access” chapter in the FastIron Ethernet Switch Security Configuration Guide.