Quick Reference Guide

20 PowerConnect B-Series TI24X Configuration Guide
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Configuring basic system parameters
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NOTE
You can synchronize the time counter with your SNTP server time by entering the sntp sync
command from the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI.
NOTE
Unless you identify an SNTP server for the system time and date, you will need to re-enter the time
and date following each reboot.
For more details about SNTP, refer to “Specifying a Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) server” on
page 18.
To set the system time and date to 10:15:05 on October 15, 2003, enter the following command.
PowerConnect# clock set 10:15:05 10-15-2003
Syntax: [no] clock set hh:mm:ss | mm-dd-yy | mm-dd-yyyy
By default, switches and routers do not change the system time for daylight saving time. To enable
daylight saving time, enter the following command.
PowerConnect# clock summer-time
Syntax: clock summer-time
Although SNTP servers typically deliver the time and date in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), you can
configure the device to adjust the time for any one-hour offset from GMT or for one of the following
U.S. time zones:
• US Pacific
• Alaska
• Aleutian
• Arizona
• Central
• East-Indiana
• Eastern
• Hawaii
• Michigan
• Mountain
• Pacific
• Samoa
To change the time zone to Australian East Coast time (which is normally 10 hours ahead of GMT),
enter the following command.
PowerConnect(config)# clock timezone gmt+10
Syntax: clock timezone gmt | us time-zone
You can enter one of the following values for time-zone:
• US time zones (us): alaska, aleutian, arizona, central, east-indiana, eastern, hawaii, michigan,
mountain, pacific, samoa.
• GMT time zones (gmt): gmt+0:00 to gmt+12:00 in increments of 1, and gmt-0:00 to gmt-12:00
in decrements of 1 are supported.