https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52951#M14778 Hi ,<BR /> <BR /> We have a KB for the same ,<A href="https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/How_To/How-to-change-Switch-name-in-EXOS" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/How_To/How-to-change-Switch-name-in-EXOS</A><BR /> <BR /> A maximum of 255 characters is allowed in sysname.<BR /> <BR /> Thanks,<BR /> Suresh.B<BR /> <BR /> Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:28:00 GMT Bharathiraja__S 2016-02-10T14:28:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52943#M14770 how do i change my switch name? My switches shows name as X440-48p.5 # I want to change different name. Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:05:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52943#M14770 Sikander_Shah 2016-02-10T14:05:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52944#M14771 configure snmp sysname NEW_NAME<BR /> <BR /> Regards, <BR /> Manas Ranjan Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:08:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52944#M14771 MANAS_BEHERA 2016-02-10T14:08:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52945#M14772 Hi Sikander, <BR /> <BR /> "configure snmp sysname sysName", would change the name of the switch.<BR /> <BR /> Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:09:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52945#M14772 Vellachery__Sum 2016-02-10T14:09:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52946#M14773 Hello!<BR /> <BR /> #configure snmp sysname ABCD<BR /> <BR /> Thank you! Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:09:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52946#M14773 Alexandr_P 2016-02-10T14:09:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52947#M14774 Command to change the switch name "config snmp sysname " Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:10:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52947#M14774 Senguttuvan__Ar 2016-02-10T14:10:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52948#M14775 does this command affect on configuration? Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:17:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52948#M14775 Sikander_Shah 2016-02-10T14:17:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52949#M14776 It's not an intrusive command, you could change the switch's name on a production environment and save the configuration.<BR /> Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:19:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52949#M14776 Vellachery__Sum 2016-02-10T14:19:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52950#M14777 No.<BR /> Once you put the command in switch, the switch name automatically change with out save but after that you need to put save command otherwise if you reboot the switch the previous name will occurred again. <BR /> <BR /> Regards, <BR /> Manas Ranjan Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:21:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52950#M14777 MANAS_BEHERA 2016-02-10T14:21:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52951#M14778 Hi ,<BR /> <BR /> We have a KB for the same ,<A href="https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/How_To/How-to-change-Switch-name-in-EXOS" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/How_To/How-to-change-Switch-name-in-EXOS</A><BR /> <BR /> A maximum of 255 characters is allowed in sysname.<BR /> <BR /> Thanks,<BR /> Suresh.B<BR /> <BR /> Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:28:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52951#M14778 Bharathiraja__S 2016-02-10T14:28:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52952#M14779 Can you imagine a 255 character System name! You couldn't use the CLI lol<BR /> <BR /> supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.2 #<BR /> <BR /> And that's only 34 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:28:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52952#M14779 StephenW 2016-02-10T14:28:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52953#M14780 Well done Governor! Love the Mary Poppins reference. Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:28:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52953#M14780 Ryan_Mathews 2016-02-10T14:28:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52954#M14781 config sysname <HOST name="" of="" switch=""><BR /> <BR /> save<BR /> <BR /></HOST> Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:42:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52954#M14781 Farookh_shaikh 2016-02-10T14:42:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52955#M14782 Thank You All guys Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:20:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/how-to-assign-name-on-switch/m-p/52955#M14782 Sikander_Shah 2016-02-10T15:20:00Z