Change hostname of a Cisco CSS 11500 Content Switch

If you are wondering like I was about how to change the hostname or “CLI prompt” as Cisco seem to refer to it, of a Cisco 11500 series CSS content switch, simply use the prompt command. You don’t even need to go into global configuration mode! It’s worth bearing in mind though that if you login with a new username, the prompt will probably default back to CSS11501.

Example:

CSS11501#  prompt CSS01
CSS01#

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