Paging A Switch; Setting The Date And Time - Qlogic SANbox 5000 Series Interface Manual

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5.4

Paging a Switch

To help you locate a particular switch in a rack of switches, you can turn on the
beacon feature with the
LEDs to flash in unison. The following is an example of how to turn the beacon on
and off.
SANbox #> set beacon on
SANbox $> set beacon off
5.5

Setting the Date and Time

The switch date and time can be set explicitly using the
be set automatically through a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. The
command also displays the current time. Unlike the Date command, the NTP
server also synchronizes the date and time on the switch with the date and time
on the workstation. Synchronized date and time is required for Secure Socket
Layer (SSL) connections.
You can also set the time zone using the
time zone is Universal Time (UTC) also known as Greenwich Mean Time.
Changing the time zone also converts the current time to the time in the new time
zone. For this reason, if you are not using an NTP server, set the time zone first,
then set the date and time.
To use an NTP server, you must enable the NTP client on the switch and specify
an IP address for the NTP server.
NOTE:
To set the date with the
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Set Beacon command. This causes all port Logged-In
Set Timezone
Date command, the NTP client must be disabled.
5 – Switch Configuration
Paging a Switch
Date command or it can
Date
command. The default
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