Synchronizing Local Time; Verifying The Pid Mode And Connecting To The Fabric; Software Licenses - Brocade Communications Systems DCX-4S Backbone Hardware Installation Manual

Synchronizing local time

3. At the prompt, select a country location.
4. At the prompt, enter the appropriate number to specify the time zone region or Ctrl‐D to quit.
Synchronizing local time
To synchronize the local time of the principal or primary switch with that of an external NTP server,
follow these steps.
1. If necessary, log on to the switch by Telnet, using the admin account.
2. Enter the tsClockServer command:
switch:admin> tsclockserver
"<ntp1;ntp2>"
where ntp1 is the IP address or DNS name of the first NTP server, which the switch must be able to
access. The variable ntp2 is the second NTP server and is optional. The operand "<ntp1;ntp2>" is
optional; by default, this value is LOCL, which uses the local clock of the principal or primary switch
as the clock server.
The tsClockServer command accepts multiple server addresses in either IPv4, IPv6, or DNS name
formats. When multiple NTP server addresses are passed, tsclockserver sets the first obtainable
address as the active NTP server. The rest will be stored as backup servers that can take over if the
active NTP server fails. The principal or primary FCS switch synchronizes its time with the NTP
server every 64 seconds.
switch:admin> tsclockserver
LOCL
switch:admin> tsclockserver "132.163.135.131"
switch:admin> tsclockserver
132.163.135.131
switch:admin>
The following example shows how to set up more than one NTP server using a DNS name:
switch:admin> tsclockserver "10.32.170.1;10.32.170.2;ntp.localdomain.net"
Updating Clock Server configuration...done.
Updated with the NTP servers
Changes to the clock server value on the principal or primary FCS switch are
propagated to all switches in the fabric

Verifying the PID mode and connecting to the fabric

Before connecting the Brocade DCX-4S to the fabric, verify that the port identifier (PID) mode on the
Brocade DCX-4S matches the other switches in the fabric. This parameter must be identical for all
switches in the fabric and is set using the configure command.

Software licenses

Depending on the vendor agreement, certain licenses are factory installed on the Brocade DCX-4S.
To determine which licenses are enabled, use the licenseShow command.
swDir:admin> licenseshow
AAbbccDDeeFFeeGG:
40
Web license
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