Edit System Information

Hostname

edit system/admin_info hostname "OM2216-l-lab"

Contact Info

edit system/admin_info
  contact "fred.bloggs@opengear.com"
  hostname "om2216-l.lab"
  location "Happy Valley Lab"

Time Zone and NTP

edit system/timezone timezone "America/New_York"

edit services/ntp enabled true
services/ntp servers
  add
  value "74.207.242.234"
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Define MOTD

You can use the message of the day (MOTD) to display custom messaged on log in. When configured, the message displays in a banner on the WebUI and is printed on SSH login.

Enter banner text within triple quotations. The triple quotations enable any text entered between the quotations to be treated as one piece of text. This allows the MOTD to display on more than one line if required.

edit system/banner banner """

The following shows an example:

edit system/banner banner """
IMPORTANT
You must have the appropriate permissions to access this device.
Contact the IT Department.
"""

Define Session Timeouts

edit system/session_timeout cli_timeout 100 serial_port_timeout 100 webui_timeout 100

Note: The inactivity timer starts only after you exit Config Shell, ie. it begins the count when you have left config and are at the bash command prompt.