Changing Switch Names with Scripts

[d.dobbertin]

Anyone have a script I could use to modify the names of switches on my network? I have to modify half of the name of each switch to a building mneumonic so that we can tell where all the switches are located by looking at the name. Thanks in advance for any help.

[rmushtaq]

Are these IOS switches?. You can look at sysName (.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5) Definition= 'An administratively-assigned name for this managed node. By convention, this is the node's fully-qualified domain name', from RFC1213-MIB which has MAX-ACCESS of read-write.

[d.dobbertin]

They are 3550 switches. I am supposed to give provide a standard naming convention and apply them to all current switches without interupting service. Ex. of current name BLDGA-48-I03-33 New name needs to be BLDGB-48-I03-33. Everything after the BLDGA needs to remane the same just the BLDGA needs to be changed to BLDGB.