The system name, also called the hostname, is used in various aspects of the FB2700's functions, and so we recommend you set the hostname to something appropriate for your network.

The hostname is set using the name attribute.

The attributes shown in Table 4.3 allow you to specify general administrative details about the unit :-

The logs element controls logging of various events related to the operation of the system itself. For details on event logging, please refer to Chapter 5, and for details on the logging control attributes on the logs object, please refer to Section 5.7.

The ui-settings element allows customisation of various parts of the web interface, including colours and a login message, as well as text and web-links that appear on every page.

The home page is the first page you see after logging in to the FB2700, or when you click the Home main-menu item. The home page displays the system name, and, if defined, the text specified by the intro attribute on the system's ui-settings object.

Additionally, you can define one or more web links, to appear on the home page and also in the side menu. These are defined using link objects, which are child objects of the ui-settings object.

To make a usable link, you must specify the following two attributes on the link object :-

Additionally, you can name a link, specify a comment, and make the presence of the link on the home page conditional on a profile.