Setting The Date And Time - IBM SAN40B-4 - System Storage Switch User & Service Manual

3. Complete the rest of the network information as prompted.
4. Enter off to Disable DHCP when prompted.

Setting the date and time

The switch maintains the current date and time inside a battery-backed real-time
clock (RTC) circuit. Date and time are used for logging events. Switch operation
does not depend on the date and time; a switch with an incorrect date and time
value still functions properly. However, because the date and time are used for
logging, error detection, and troubleshooting, you should set them correctly.
Setting the date
1. If you are not already logged into the switch; do so now using the default
2. Enter the date command, using the following syntax:
Setting time zones
You can set the time zone for a switch by name. You can specify the setting using
country and city or time zone parameters.
If the time zone is not set with the new options, the switch retains the offset time
zone settings. The tsTimeZone command also includes an option to revert to the
prior time zone format. For more information about the tstimezone [--old] option,
see the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual.
You can set the time zone for a switch using the tsTimeZone command. The
tsTimeZone command allows you to perform the following tasks:
v Display all of the time zones supported in the firmware
v Set the time zone based on a country and city combination or based on a time
The time zone setting has the following characteristics:
Ethernet Subnetmask: [255.255.255.0]
Ethernet IP Address: [192.168.74.102]
Ethernet Subnetmask: [255.255.255.0]
DHCP [OFF]: off
password, which is password.
date "mmddHHMMyy"
The values represent the following:
v mm is the month; valid values are 01 through 12
v dd is the date; valid values are 01 through 31
v HH is the hour; valid values are 00 through 23
v MM is minutes; valid values are 00 through 59
v yy is the year; valid values are 00 through 99 (values greater than 69 are
interpreted as 1970 through 1999, and values less than 70 are interpreted as
2000-2069)
switch:admin> date
Fri Sep 29 17:01:48 UTC 2007
switch:admin> date "0927123007"
Thu Sep 27 12:30:00 UTC 2007
switch:admin>
zone ID such as PST
Chapter 2. Installing and configuring the switch
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