Assigning a Host Name to the VNswitch Module

You can identify the VNswitch module by assigning it a host name. The name is used only for descriptive or informational purposes and does not affect or change the address of the switch.

To use the Web-based application to assign a host name, see the System General application window. For help on System General procedures, see Congifuring System Identification Values.

Procedure:

Step Action
1 Select Telnet to Module from the application tree and connect to the module.
2 At the Main prompt (Main>), enter Config.
3 At the Config prompt (Config>), enter set hostname.
4 Press Return. The following message is displayed:
What is the new host name []?
5 Enter a name for the switch. The name can be composed of alphanumeric characters and can be up to 80 characters long. Spaces are permitted. See the example.
6 Press Return. The following message is displayed:

Do you want to include host name in prompts ([Yes] or [No])

If you choose yes, only the portion of the name up to the first period is displayed as the port of the prompt.

7 Press Return. The name you specified is assigned to the switch and the Config> prompt is displayed.
8 Restart the switch. For information about how to restart the switch, refer to Reset help.
9 Log out of the Telnet session and terminate the connection.

Example

The following example shows how to set a VNswitch host name to be Bldg 3-2.

Config>set hostname Bldg 3-2