Setting The Current Time; Configuring Sntp; Figure 4-24 Current Time - SMC Networks TigerStack II SMC8926EM Management Manual

Setting the Current Time

You can manually set the system clock if there is no time server on your network, or
if you have not configured the switch to receive signals from a time server.
Command Attributes
• Hours – Hour in 24-hour format. (Range: 0 - 23)
• Minutes – Minute. (Range: 0 - 59)
• Seconds – Second. (Range: 0 - 59)
• Month – Month. (Range: 1 - 12)
• Day – Day of month. (Range: 1 - 31)
• Year – Year (4-digit). (Range: 2001 - 2100)
• Update Time – Click this button to display the time now in use by the system clock.
Web – Select SNTP, Current Time. Set the date and time, and click Apply.
CLI – This example sets the system clock to 16:15:58, February 1st, 2008.
Console#calendar set 16 15 58 february 1 2008
Console#

Configuring SNTP

You can configure the switch to send time synchronization requests to time servers.
Command Attributes
• SNTP Client – Configures the switch to operate as an SNTP client. This requires
at least one time server to be specified in the SNTP Server field. (Default: Disabled)
• SNTP Poll Interval – Sets the interval between sending requests for a time update
from a time server. (Range: 16-16384 seconds; Default: 16 seconds)
• SNTP Server – Sets the IP address for up to three time servers. The switch
attempts to update the time from the first server, if this fails it attempts an update
from the next server in the sequence.
• Update Time – Click the Update Time button to send a request to the configured
SNTP servers to immediately update the system time.

Figure 4-24 Current Time

Setting the System Clock
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