D-Link DES-3624 - Manual (Page 52)

Stackable NWay Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
52 Using the Console Interface
The top of the screen displays the current settings for Console Timeout and Serial Port as well as the
Baud Rate, Character Size, and Stop Bit for Out of Band and Console settings, respectively.
Configure Switch Stack
The Switch Stack Configuration screen shows various pieces of information about your Switch, and allows
you to set the System Name, System Location, and System Contact. These settings can be retrieved from
the Switch using SNMP requests, allowing these settings to be used for network management purposes.
Choose Configure Switch Stack to access the second item on the System Configuration menu. The
following screen appears:
Figure 6-11. Switch Stack Configuration screen
The fields you can set are:
♦ System Name Corresponds to the SNMP MIB II variable
system.sysName
, and is used to give a
name to the Switch for administrative purposes. The Switch’s fully qualified domain name is often used,
provided a name has been assigned.
♦ System Location Corresponds to the SNMP MIB II variable
system.sysLocation
, and is used to
indicate the physical location of the Switch for administrative purposes.
♦ System Contact Corresponds to the SNMP MIB II variable
sysContact
, and is used to give the
name and contact information for the person responsible for administering the Switch.