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Date /Time settings and synchronization on MM
5 Time configuration and synchronization across Management modules, IOMs and iDRACs |
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- User manually configures time to go back in chassis by greater than 15 mins.
- User configures the management modules to synchronize to external servers and this causes
the time to jump back greater than 15mins.
• If the MM is configured to synchronize to only one external NTP server and the server is
inaccurate, it can cause MM time to be configured incorrectly. NTP documentation requires user
to configure at least 3 sources for NTP clients to work as expected. NTP does have intelligence to
some extent to detect false NTP servers.
Date /Time settings and synchronization on MM
The time on Management module can either be configured in 2 ways.
• Setting Date, Time and Time zone on MM GUI.
• Configure NTP on the MM to synchronize to external NTP server
Configure date and time on Management module
1. Log in to MM GUI.
2. Navigate to Application Settings  Network Time Configuration
3. Disable “Use NTP” checkbox if already enabled.
4. Set date, time and Time zone using the options provided and select Apply.
Configure Management module to synchronize to NTP server
1. Log in to the MM GUI.
2. Navigate to Application Settings  Network Time Configuration.
3. Enable “Use NTP” checkbox.