Configures the name of the system contact.
| sysContact | An alphanumeric string that specifies a system contact name. |
N/A.
The system contact is a text field that enables you to enter the name of the person(s) responsible for managing the switch. A maximum of 255 characters is allowed. The allowed character set is A-Z, a-z, 0-9, +-@_.,:;()/ ”.
To view the name of the system contact listed on the switch, use the show switch command. The show switch command displays switch statistics including the name of the system contact.
The following example defines FredJ as the system contact:
configure snmp syscontact FredJ
The following output from the show switch command displays FredJ as the system contact:
SysName: engineeringlab SysLocation: englab SysContact: FredJ
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 10.1.
This command is available on the ExtremeSwitching X435, X440-G2, X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X620, X670-G2, X690, X695, and X870 series switches.