https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/device-name-dislpay-in-pcm/m-p/5131776#M28438 thank you very much - this worked a charm = 10 points Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:30:30 GMT vantheman_1 2008-09-27T03:30:30Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/device-name-dislpay-in-pcm/m-p/5131774#M28436 How do you change a switch 'Device Name' as opposed to its 'System Name' so it displays inside PCM.<BR /><BR />The default display is the IP address and I wish to use logical names for my switches. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:24:37 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/device-name-dislpay-in-pcm/m-p/5131774#M28436 vantheman_1 2008-09-25T01:24:37Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/device-name-dislpay-in-pcm/m-p/5131775#M28437 If you register them in the DNS used by the PCM server and rediscover them (this is just to speed up the process if I remember rightly) you will see the device name as you want it to. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:29:45 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/device-name-dislpay-in-pcm/m-p/5131775#M28437 Bengt Sjoberg 2008-09-26T05:29:45Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/device-name-dislpay-in-pcm/m-p/5131776#M28438 thank you very much - this worked a charm = 10 points Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:30:30 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/device-name-dislpay-in-pcm/m-p/5131776#M28438 vantheman_1 2008-09-27T03:30:30Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/device-name-dislpay-in-pcm/m-p/5131777#M28439 DNS entires for switches forces switch Device Name registration in PCM Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:31:47 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/switches-hubs-and-modems/device-name-dislpay-in-pcm/m-p/5131777#M28439 vantheman_1 2008-09-27T03:31:47Z