Viewing system properties

Use the System tab to specify, among other things, tracking information for a device and device descriptions.

To view the System tab:

Procedure steps


Step Action

1

From the navigation tree, double-click Edit.

2

From the Edit tree, double-click Chassis.

3

From the Chassis tree, double-click Chassis.

4

Select the System tab.


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The following table outlines the parameters for the System tab.

Variable definitions

Variable Value
sysDescr A description of the device.
sysUpTime The time since the system was last booted.
sysObjectID The system object identification number.
sysContact Type the contact information (in this case, an e-mail address) for the system administrator.
sysName Type the name of this device.
sysLocation Type the physical location of this device.
AuthenticationTraps

Click to enable or disable. When you select enabled, SNMP traps are sent to trap receivers for all SNMP access authentication. When you select disabled, no traps are received.

To view traps, click the Trap toolbar button.

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Reboot

Action object to reboot the agent.

Reset -- initiates a hardware reset.

The agent attempts to return a response before the action occurs. If any of the combined download actions are requested, neither action occurs until the expiration of s5AgInfoScheduleBootTime, if set.

  • bootPrimary: Use the primary boot image.
  • bootSecondary: Use the secondary boot image.
AutoPvid Click enabled or disabled. When you select enabled, Port VLAN ID (PVID) is automatically assigned.
StackInsertionUnitNumber The unit number to be assigned to the next unit that joins the stack. The value cannot be set to the unit number of an existing stack member. When a new unit joins the stack, and the value of this object is used as its unit number, the value reverts to 0. If the value of this object is 0, it is not used when determining the unit number of new units.
JumboFramesEnabled Click to enable or disable jumbo frames.
NextBootMgmtProtocol The transport protocols to use after the next boot of the agent.
CurrentMgmtProtocol Read only: The current transport protocols that the agent supports.
BootMode The source from which to load the initial protocol configuration information to boot the switch the next time. The options available are
  • bootpDisabled
  • bootpAlways
  • bootpWhenNeeded
  • bootpOrLastAddress
  • dhcp
  • dhcpWhenNeeded
  • dhcpOrLastAddress
CurrentImageVersion Read only: The version number of the agent image that is currently used on the switch.
NextBootDefaultGateway Read only: The IP address of the default gateway for the agent to use after the next time the switch is booted.
CurrentDefaultGateway Read only: The IP address of the default gateway that is currently in use.
NextBootLoadProtocol Read only: The transport protocol to be used by the agent to load the configuration information and the image at the next boot.
LastLoadProtocol Read only: The transport protocol last used to load the image and configuration information about the switch.