Managing General System Settings 241Telnet sessions open with several different switches, the system name canhelp you quickly identify the switch because the host name replacesconsole as the CLI command prompt.The Banner can provide information about the switch status. For example, ifmultiple users connect to the switch, the message of the day (MOTD) bannermight alert everyone who connects to the switch about a scheduled switchimage upgrade.What Are SDM Templates?An SDM template is a description of the maximum resources a switch orrouter can use for various features. Different SDM templates allow differentcombinations of scaling factors, enabling different allocations of resourcesdepending on how the device is used. In other words, SDM templates enableyou to reallocate system resources to support a different mix of features basedon your network requirements.PowerConnect 7000 Series switches support the following three templates:• Dual IPv4 and IPv6 (default)• IPv4 Routing• IPv4 Data CenterTable 11-3 describes the parameters that are scaled for each template and theper-template maximum value of the parameter.Table 11-3. SDM Template Parameters and ValuesParameter Dual IPv4/IPv6 IPv4 Only IPv4 Data CenterARP entries 6144 6144 6144IPv4 unicast routes 8160 12256 8160IPv6 Neighbor DiscoveryProtocol (NDP) entries2560 0 0IPv6 unicast routes 4096 0 0ECMP next hops 4 4 16IPv4 multicast routes 1536 2048 2048IPv6 multicast routes 512 0 0
