Assign Device Host Name on 300 Series Managed Switches Using Command Line Interface
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Objectives
A host name is a label that is given to a device to distinguish it from other devices. The default device name for a Series 300 Switch is "switch" combined with the last 6 characters of the MAC address for the device. The device host name shows up in the command prompt after every command, and it might be more meaningful to assign a different name to distinguish this device from other devices while using the command line interface.
This document explains how to assign the device host name to a 300 Series Switch using the Command Line Interface.
Applicable Devices
• 300 Series Switches
Step-by-Step Procedure
Note: Changing the device host name requires user privilege level 15.
Assign device host name
Step 1. Using the command prompt, enter telnet 192.168.1.254 to access the command line interface for this device on the default IP address.
Step 2. Enter the User Name and Password.
Note: The default User Name is cisco and the default Password is cisco.
Step 3. Enter config to enter Global Configuration mode.
Step 4. To modify the device host name, there are two options:
• Enter hostname [name] to assign a new hostname to the device.
Note: The name must start with a letter, end with a letter or digit, and can only contain letters, numbers, and hyphens.
• Enter no hostname to restore the host name back to the default.
Step 5. Enter exit to exit Global Configuration mode.
Step 6. (Optional) Any settings changed will be lost if the switch loses power. To make the changes permanent enter copy running-config startup-config and enter Yes to copy the current configuration file to the startup configuration file.
How to Change Cisco Router Name in GNS3
Last Updated: January 15, 2020 , Tolga Bagci
By changing the device names of your Router or Switch in your network topology, you can avoid complexity and have a more detailed network design.
How to Use the Hostname Command in Router
In a growing network, configuring the names of devices according to their location prevents both complexity and faster resolution of network errors that may occur.
For example, suppose your headquarters is named A, and you have branches in 2 different cities. When you define these cities as B and C, you can have a more organized structure by changing the name of the Router in center A to ARouter.
Now, to change the label of a Router on the network, open your GNS3 simulator, and create a new project and then add a Router to the workspace.
After running your router in GNS3, double-click on it to open the CLI prompt.
At the CLI prompt, the router’s title will default to R1#. When you add one or more devices to the working environment, the device’s name will be named R2, R3, R4.
At the CLI prompt, execute the Configure Terminal command to switch to Global Configuration Mode, and then use the hostname + (name) command to rename the Router.
To learn how to use the hostname command in the CLI, use the ” ? ” character. Note that this command only works in config mode!
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Final Word
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TEST(config-if)#exit
TEST(config)#enable secret ?
0 Specifies an UNENCRYPTED password will follow
4 Specifies an SHA256 ENCRYPTED secret will follow
5 Specifies an MD5 ENCRYPTED secret will follow
LINE The UNENCRYPTED (cleartext) ‘enable’ secret
level Set exec level password
TEST(config)#username user1 privilege 15 secret password1
Configuring Hostname on a Cisco Router
One of the first things you want to configure on a router or a switch is the hostname. Although it is mainly important to us administrators (so we can identify our devices easier), the hostname can be used to authenticate one router to another as well, but I’ll talk about that in another post.
configuration
The default name for routers is Router and the default name for switches is … Yes, you guessed right, it is Switch! Now lets rename our router to R1. The command we need is hosname folowed by the desired hostname (in this case R1):
The official documentation states that a hostname cannot be longer than 63 characters, must start with a letter and end with a letter or digit. Hyphen is accepted as internal character only. In reality you could start and finish the hostname with either a letter, a digit, a hyphen or an underscore. It’s up to you, but the best practice is to keep it short and simple.
commands explained
Commands used with a brief explanation.
enable : Moves the user from User mode to Privileged mode
conf terminal : Moves the user into Global Configuration mode. This is where you can make changes to the configuration
hostname R1 : Sets the hostname to R1
exit : Moves you back one level. In this case back to Privileged mode
copy running-config startup-config : Saves the running configuration into the startup configuration
Destination filename [startup-config]? : Verifies the destination file name. Just press ENTER!