Time Synchronization - HP J3278B - SureStore CD-ROM Server/Tower 7 NAS Server User Manual

Setting the time on
the CD-ROM
Server
Time
Synchronization in
NetWare NDS

Time Synchronization

The CD-ROM server clock has a volatile memory, so the correct
time must be entered whenever it is restarted. By editing the
CD-ROM server's config.ini file, the time may be set by
manually entering the
be configured to set automatically via the network operating
system
Parameter name
Date
Time
If you are using NetWare NDS you can set your CD-ROM server
for automatic time synchronization operation by setting the
parameter to
TimeSyncSource
Parameter name Value
TimeZone
TimeSyncSource
The CD-ROM server acts as a NetWare Secondary Time Server.
Time synchronization is normally obtained from a NetWare
Time Server using the SAP method. This method is set by the
CD-ROM server's
parameter is a value of
Parameter name Value
TimeSyncSources = SAP
Alternatively if you have a Time Provider Group on your system
you can choose to provide a list of servers for the CD-ROM server
to contact to obtain its time synchronization. The list can also
contain Secondary Time Servers. The list of servers is inserted
into the
TimeSyncSources
TimeSyncSources = server1,server2,server3,....
and
Date Time
Value Description
yy-mm-dd, enter the date followed by !
= 97-06-28
to set manually.
hh:mm:ss, enter the time followed by !
= 14:46:30
to set manually.
as shown below.
NDS
Description
Must be set to the Time Zone that the
CD-ROM server is operating in. Refer
=
to " TimeZone parameter permissible
values " in appendix B.
Default is None. Set to NDS to enable
= NDS the CD-ROM server to get its time from
the NetWare network.
TimeSyncSources
.
SAP
Description
The default is SAP for the network
agreed time. Alternatively enter the
server names to be contacted for time
synchronization.
parameter as follows:
parameter values, or can
. The default for this
Network Configuration 3-9