I assume it sets the sysDescr SNMP value, which is the one we're using
(with its default content) to identify the OS ...
Removing that setting is of course the easiest way to fix :-)
On 22/01/2026 07:50, Chris James via observium wrote:
In Dell OS10, host-description is a purely informational, free-text label for
the switch itself. It’s mainly there to make the box easier to identify in
human and management-plane outputs, without changing any switching/routing
behaviour. It just so happened it was set on 3 of our switches and they were
the ones not showing up in Observium correctly. We have just removed the
setting.
Thanks
Chris
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Sent: 22 January 2026 06:32
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Subject: [External] [Observium] Re: host-description "<something>" setting on
Dell S4148T will not register device correctly in Observium
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Hi Chris,
what's the purpose of use "configure system host-description" ?
I see the command itself exists, but it's not documented in OS10.x.x CLI
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