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AT-8100 Switch Command Line User’s Guide

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HOSTNAME

Syntax

hostname

name

Parameters

name

Specifies a name of up to 39 alphanumeric characters for the
switch. Spaces, punctuation, special characters, and quotation
marks are not permitted.

Mode

Global Configuration mode

Description

Use this command to assign the switch a name. The switch displays the
name in the command line prompt, in place of the default prefix “awplus.”

Example

This example assigns the name “Sw_Sales” to the switch:

awplus> enable
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# hostname Sw_Sales
Sw_Sales(config)#