Cisco 500 series Administration Manual page 82

General Administrative Information
System Information
Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide
operate in both Layer 2 and Layer 3 system mode, but the system mode
cannot be changed. It is always Layer 3.
• System Description—A description of the system.
• System Location—Physical location of the switch. Click Edit to go the
System Settings page to enter this value.
• System Contact—Name of a contact person. Click Edit to go the System
Settings page to enter this value.
• Host Name—Name of the switch. Click Edit to go the System Settings
page to enter this value. By default, the switch hostname is composed of
the word switch concatenated with the three least significant bytes of the
switch MAC address (the six furthest right hexadecimal digits).
• System Object ID—Unique vendor identification of the network
management subsystem contained in the entity (used in SNMP).
• System Uptime—Time that has elapsed since the last reboot.
• Current Time—Current system time.
• Base MAC Address—Switch MAC address. If the system is in stack mode,
the base MAC address of the master unit is displayed.
• Jumbo Frames—Jumbo frame support status. This support can be
enabled or disabled by using the Port Settings page of the Port
Management menu.
Jumbo frames support takes effect only after it is enabled, and after
NOTE
the switch is rebooted.
Software Information:
• Firmware Version (Active Image)—Firmware version number of the active
image.
If the system is in stack mode (Native Stacking mode), the Firmware
NOTE
Version number shown is based on the version of the master. See the
Management
• Firmware MD5 Checksum (Active Image)—MD5 checksum of the active
image.
• Firmware Version (Non-active Image)—Firmware version number of the
non-active image. If the system is in stack mode, the version of the master
unit is displayed.
section for more information about stack modes.
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