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

4. Click Submit to enable the settings.

Configuring Date and Time Settings

Figure 3-22. Date and Time settings
Configure the date and time settings using one of three methods: automatically using
a remote NTP time server on the network, automatically using your the clock on your
host computer, or manually.
Note: This is an optional procedure. If you choose to manually set your date and
Note: When power cycling the library, wait 10 seconds after the power is OFF before
Once the network settings have been entered on the Operator Panel, the current date
and time can be modified using the Web User Interface.
The TS2900 Tape Autoloader communicates with an NTP server with the following
conditions:
• client-server basis operation
• UDP (User Datagram Protocol) to access the NTP server
• does not use authentication keys
• library polling is every 12 hours
To modify the date and time settings, complete the following procedure:
1. Expand Configure Library, if necessary, and click on Date and Time in the left
2. Select the Date and Time settings.
• DNS setting — Select Use DNS to use a domain name server. The DNS server,
if entered, allows the encryption, date and time, and notifications IP addresses
to be specified using hostnames instead of numerical IP addresses.
– DNS IP address — Sets the IP address of the DNS server.
time, you will need to reset the date and time after power cycling the library.
powering ON again.
navigation pane of the Web User Interface.
• NTP Server — Enables time and date control using a time server on the
network.
– NTP server address — Enter the IP address of the time server. IPv4 and
IPv6 addresses are supported, depending on the TCP/IP settings.
Hostnames 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 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
• If the time server is disabled, enter the local time and date manually.
– Date — Enter the date using the MM/DD/YYYY format.
– Time — Enter the time using the HH:MM:SS format.
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