Setting The Date And Time; Setting Time Zones - HP AE370A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch 4/12 Administrator's Manual

Enter the network information in dotted quad format for Ethernet IP address, Ethernet Subnetmask, and
Gateway Address at the prompts. If a static Ethernet address is not available when you disable DHCP,
enter 0.0.0.0 at the Ethernet IP address prompt. Skip Fibre Channel prompts by pressing enter. Disable
DHCP by entering Off.

Setting the date and time

Switches maintain the current date and time in flash memory. Date and time 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, you should set them correctly.
Authorization access to set or change date and time for a switch is role-based.
NOTE: If secure mode is not enabled, a change in date or time to one switch is forwarded to the principal
switch and distributed to the fabric. If secure mode is enabled, date or time changes can be made only on
the primary FCS switch and distributed to the fabric.
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the date command at the command line, using the following syntax:
date "mmddHHMMyy"
The values represent the following:
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).
switch:admin> date
Fri Jan 29 17:01:48 UTC 2004
switch:admin> date "0227123004"
Thu Feb 27 12:30:00 UTC 2004
switch:admin>
For details about how to change time zones, refer to tsTimeZone command in the
Reference Manual

Setting time zones

Fabric OS 5.2.x provides the capability to set the time zone for a switch by name. You can specify the
setting using Country and City or PST parameters. Switch operation does not depend upon a date and
time setting. However, having accurate time setting is needed for accurate logging and audit tracking.
If the time zone is not set with the new options, the switch retains the offset time zone settings. The tsTime
Zone command includes an option to revert to the prior time zone format. For more information about this
--old option, see the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual.
NOTE: If you are downgrading from Fabric OS 5.2.x or retaining the offset format, see prior versions of
Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
the
format. See "About the firmware download
considerations.
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for the detailed information about setting time zones using the offset
process" on page 149 for time zone downgrading
Fabric OS 5.2.x administrator guide
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