Changing The Hostname - Cisco 4215 - Intrusion Detection Sys Sensor Configuration Manual

Changing Network Settings

Changing the Hostname

Use the host-name host_name command in the service host submode to change the hostname of the
sensor after you have run the setup command. The default is sensor.
Note The CLI prompt of the current session and other existing sessions will not be updated with the new
hostname. Subsequent CLI login sessions will reflect the new hostname in the prompt.
To change the sensor hostname, follow these steps:
Log in to the sensor using an account with administrator privileges.
Step 1
Enter network settings submode:
Step 2
sensor# configure terminal
sensor(config)# service host
sensor(config-hos)# network-settings
Change the sensor hostname:
Step 3
sensor(config-hos-net)# host-name firesafe
Verify the new hostname:
Step 4
sensor(config-hos-net)# show settings
network-settings
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sensor(config-hos-net)#
To change the hostname back to the default setting, use the default form of the command:
Step 5
sensor(config-hos-net)# default host-name
Verify the change to the default hostname sensor:
Step 6
sensor(config-hos-net)# show settings
network-settings
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host-ip: 10.89.130.108/23,10.89.130.1 default:
10.1.9.201/24,10.1.9.1
host-name: firesafe default: sensor
telnet-option: enabled default: disabled
access-list (min: 0, max: 512, current: 1)
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network-address: 0.0.0.0/0
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ftp-timeout: 300 seconds <defaulted>
login-banner-text: <defaulted>
host-ip: 10.89.130.108/23,10.89.130.1 default:
10.1.9.201/24,10.1.9.1
host-name: sensor <defaulted>
telnet-option: enabled default: disabled
access-list (min: 0, max: 512, current: 1)
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network-address: 0.0.0.0/0
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