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The system top-level object can specify attributes that control general, global system settings. The available attributes are
described in the following sections, and can be configured in the User Interface by choosing the "Setup" category, then
clicking the "Edit" link under the heading "System settings".
The software auto upgrade process is controlled by system objects attributes - these are described in Section 4.3.3.2.
The system name, also called the hostname, is used in various aspects of the FB2900'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 :-
Table 4.3. General administrative details attributes
| Attribute | Purpose |
comment | General comment field |
contact | Contact name |
intro | Text that appears on the 'home' page - the home page is the first page you see after logging in to the FB2900. This text is also displayed immediately after you log in to a command-line session. |
location | Physical location description |
The log and log-... attributes control logging of 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 system
object, please refer to Section 5.7.
The home page is the first page you see after logging in to the FB2900, 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 object.
Additionally, you can define one or more web links to appear on the home page. These are defined using link objects, which
are child objects of the system object.
To make a usable link, you must specify the following two attributes on the link object :-
text : the text displayed as a hyperlinkurl : link destination URLAdditionally, you can name a link, specify a comment, and make the presence of the link on the home page conditional on a profile.
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