Customizing chassis and host names

Extreme recommends that you customize the chassis name for each device. Some system logs identify the device by its chassis name; if you assign a meaningful chassis name, logs are more useful. You can also configure the host name.

1. In privileged EXEC mode, enter global configuration mode.
   

   device# configure terminal

2. Configure the chassis name.
   

   device(config)# switch-attributes chassis-name SLX-market1

   A chassis name can be from 1 through 30 characters long, must begin with a letter, and can contain letters, numbers, and underscore characters.

   The default chassis name is SLX<model> where model is the model name of the chassis.

3. Configure the host name.
   

   device(config)# switch-attributes host-name SLX-mrkt
   SLX-mrkt(config)#

   This example changes the host name to SLX-mrkt and it is displayed in the prompt.
   A host name can be from 1 through 30 characters long. It must begin with a letter, and can contain letters, numbers, and underscore characters. The default host name is SLX.
4. Exit global configuration mode.
   

   SLX-mrkt(config)# exit

5. Verify the configuration.
   

   SLX-mrkt# show running-config switch-attributes
   switch-attributes chassis-name SLX-market1
   switch-attributes host-name SLX-mrkt
   !

Example

The following configuration is an example of the previous steps.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# switch-attributes chassis-name SLX-market1
device(config)# switch-attributes host-name SLX-mrkt
SLX-mrkt(config)#