Install Guide
Set date and time
Use date and time settings for logging events, error detection, and troubleshooting. However, device operation does not depend on the
date and time; a device with incorrect date or time values still functions properly.
You can synchronize the local time of the principal or primary fabric conguration server (FCS) device to that of an external Network Time
Protocol (NTP) server.
1
Log in to the device as admin.
2 Enter the date newdate command at the command line.
The newdate variable species the new date and time enclosed in double quotation marks. The operand is optional; if omitted, the
current date and time displays. Date and time are specied as a string in the mmddhhmmyy format:
• mm: Species the month. Valid values are 01–12.
• dd: Species the date. Valid values are 01–31.
• hh: Species the hour. Valid values are 00–23.
• mm: Species the minutes. Valid values are 00–59.
• yy: Species the year. Valid values are 00–37 and 70–99. Year values from 70 to 99 are interpreted as 1970-1999; year values from
00 to 37 are interpreted as 2000-2037.
device:admin> date
Thu Dec 22 14:05:10 UTC 2016
device:admin> date "1222140616"
Thu Dec 22 14:06:00 UTC 2016
Set time zone
The default time zone is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). You can only set the time zone once because the value is stored in nonvolatile
memory.
1 Log in as admin.
2 Enter the tsTimeZone --interactive command and follow the prompts, or enter the tsTimeZone [houroffset [,
minuteoffset]] command as follows:
• For Pacic Standard Time, enter tsTimeZone -8,0.
• For Central Standard Time, enter tsTimeZone -6,0.
• For Eastern Standard Time, enter tsTimeZone -5,0.
Table 5.
tsTimeZone command parameters
Local time tsTimeZone command parameter—dierence from UTC
Atlantic standard –4,0
Atlantic daylight –3,0
Eastern standard –5,0
Eastern daylight –4,0
Central standard –6,0
Central daylight –5,0
Mountain standard –7,0
30 Initial setup and verication