Setting The Date And Time; Setting The Date; Setting The Time Zone - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Hardware Reference Manual

Setting the date and time

The date and time settings are used for logging events. Switch operation does not depend on the
date and time; a switch with an incorrect date and time value still functions properly. However,
because the date and time are used for logging, error detection, and troubleshooting, they should be
set correctly.

Setting the date

To set the date:
1. If necessary, log on to the DC04 SAN Director by Telnet, using the admin account.
2. Enter the date command, using the following syntax:
date "mmddHHMMyy"
Where:
• mm is the month; valid values are 01 through 12
• dd is the date; valid values are 01 through 31
• HH is the hour; valid values are 00 through 23
• MM is minutes; valid values are 00 through 59
• yy is the year; valid values are 00 through 99 (values greater than 69 are interpreted as
1970 through 1999, and values less than 70 are interpreted as 2000-2069)
For example:
switch:admin> date
Fri Sep 26 17:01:48 UTC 2008
switch:admin> date "0926123008"
Fri Sep 26 12:30:00 UTC 2008
switch:admin>

Setting the time zone

To set the time zone:
1. If necessary, log on to the DC04 SAN Director by Telnet, using the admin account.
2.
Enter the tsTimeZone command as follows:
switch:admin> tstimezone [--interactive]/ [, timezone_fmt]
The following example shows how to change the time zone to US/Mountain.
switch:admin> tstimezone
Time Zone : US/Pacific
switch:admin> tstimezone US/Mountain
switch:admin> tstimezone
Time Zone : US/Mountain
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