Synchronizing Local Time With An External Source; Customizing The Chassis Name And Switch Name - IBM SAN64B-6 Installation, Service And User Manual

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Table 7. tsTimeZone command parameter selection for the US time zones
Local time
Atlantic Standard
Atlantic Daylight
Eastern Standard
Eastern Daylight
Central Standard
Central Daylight
Mountain Standard
Mountain Daylight
Pacific Standard
Pacific Daylight
Alaskan Standard
Alaskan Daylight
Hawaiian Standard

Synchronizing local time with an external source

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Perform the following steps to synchronize the local time of the principal or primary FCS device with that
of an external NTP server.
Procedure
1. Log in as admin.
2. Enter the tsClockServer ipaddr command.
The ipaddr variable represents the IP address of the NTP server that the device can access. This
argument is optional; by default, the value is "LOCL".
switch:admin> tsclockserver 192.168.126.60
Updating Clock Server configuration...done.
Updated with the NTP servers

Customizing the chassis name and switch name

About this task
Changing the chassis and switch names is important for distinguishing and identifying the device uniquely
and for accurate tracking of logs and errors. The messages that appear in the log are labeled with the
tsTimeZone parameter (difference from UTC)
-4,0
-3,0
-5,0
-4,0
-6,0
-5,0
-7,0
-6,0
-8,0
-7,0
-9,0
-8,0
-10,0
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