How To Administer The Switch - Cisco Catalyst 2960 series Configuration Manual

Protocol (SNAP). By default, standard Ethernet-style ARP encapsulation (represented by the arpa keyword)
is enabled on the IP interface.
ARP entries added manually to the table do not age and must be manually removed.
For CLI procedures, see the Cisco IOS Release 12.4 documentation on Cisco.com.

How to Administer the Switch

Configuring the Time and Date Manually
System time remains accurate through restarts and reboot, however, you can manually configure the time and
date after the system is restarted.
We recommend that you use manual configuration only when necessary. If you have an outside source to
which the switch can synchronize, you do not need to manually set the system clock.
You must reconfigure this setting if you have manually configured the system clock before the active
Note
switchstack master fails and a different stack member assumes the role of active switchstack master.
Setting the System Clock
If you have an outside source on the network that provides time services, such as an NTP server, you do not
need to manually set the system clock.
Follow these steps to set the system clock:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. Use one of the following:
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1
enable
Example:
Switch> enable
Step 2 Use one of the following:
• clock set hh:mm:ss day month year
• clock set hh:mm:ss month day year
Consolidated Platform Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15.2(4)E (Catalyst 2960-X Switches)
Purpose
Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter your password if prompted.
Manually set the system clock using one of these formats:
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