Reference Guide

● Receive Timestamp — the arrival time on the client of the last NTP message from the server. If the server becomes
unreachable, the value is set to zero.
● Transmit Timestamp — the departure time on the server of the current NTP message from the sender.
● Filter dispersion — the error in calculating the minimum delay from a set of sample data from a peer.
To view the NTP configuration, use the show running-config ntp command in EXEC privilege mode. The following
example shows an encrypted authentication key (in bold). All keys are encrypted.
Dell#show running ntp
!
ntp authenticate
ntp authentication-key 345 md5 5A60910F3D211F02
ntp server 11.1.1.1 version 3
ntp trusted-key 345
Dell#
Time and Date
You can set the time and date in the Dell Networking OS using the CLI.
Configuration Task List
The following is a configuration task list for configuring the time and date settings.
● Setting the Time and Date for the Switch Software Clock
● Setting the Timezone
● Setting Daylight Saving Time Once
● Setting Recurring Daylight Saving Time
Setting the Time and Date for the Switch Software Clock
You can change the order of the month and day parameters to enter the time and date as time day month year. You cannot
delete the software clock.
The software clock runs only when the software is up. The clock restarts, based on the hardware clock, when the switch
reboots.
To set the software clock, use the following command.
● Set the system software clock to the current time and date.
EXEC Privilege mode
clock set time month day year
○
time: enter the time in hours:minutes:seconds. For the hour variable, use the 24-hour format; for example, 17:15:00 is
5:15 pm.
○ month: enter the name of one of the 12 months in English. You can enter the name of a day to change the order of the
display to time day month year.
○ day: enter the number of the day. The range is from 1 to 31. You can enter the name of a month to change the order of
the display to time day month year.
○ year: enter a four-digit number as the year. The range is from 1993 to 2035.
Dell#clock set 16:20:00 19 september 2009
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System Time and Date