Configuring Date And Time Settings; Date And Time Settings Screen - IBM TS2900 Setup, Operator, And Service Manual

Configuring date and time settings

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| Figure 98. Date and time settings screen
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Configure the date and time settings with one of three methods: automatically with a remote NTP time
server on the network, automatically with the clock on your host computer, or manually.
Note: If you manually set your date and time, you must reset the date and time after the library is
power-cycled and after a library reset.
Note: When the library is power-cycled, wait 10 seconds after the power is OFF before the library is
powered ON again.
Once the network settings are entered on the Operator Panel, the current date and time can be modified
with the Web User Interface.
The TS2900 Tape Autoloader communicates with an NTP server with the following conditions:
v Client/server basis operation
v UDP (User Datagram Protocol) to access the NTP server
v Does not use authentication keys
v Library polling is every 12 hours
To modify the date and time settings:
| 1. In the Configure Library menu in the left navigation pane of the Web User Interface, click Date and
Time.
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2. Select the Date and Time settings.
v Select the Enable NTP Server check box to enable time and date control with a time server on the
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network.
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– NTP server address - Enter the IP address of the time server. IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are
supported, depending on the TCP/IP settings. Host names can be entered instead of numerical
IP addresses if Use DNS is selected in the Network settings.
– Time zone - Enter the time zone relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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v If the time server is disabled, enter the local time and date manually.
– Date - Enter the date with the MM/DD/YYYY format.
– Time - Enter the time with the HH:MM:SS format.
| v Click Load PC date time to synchronize the library with the clock on your host computer at regular
intervals.
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3. Click Submit to update the settings.
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