3Com Switch 4200G Configuration Guide

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Basic System Configuration and Debugging
Basic System
Configuration
The following sections describe the basic system configuration and management
tasks:
■ Setting the System Name of the Switch
■ Setting the Date and Time of the System
■ Setting the Local Time Zone
■ Setting the Summer Time
■ Setting the CLI Language Mode
■ Returning from Current View to Lower Level View
■ Returning from Current View to User View
■ Entering System View from User View
■ Enabling/Disabling System Debugging
■ Displaying Debugging Status
■ Displaying Operating Information about Modules in System
Setting the System
Name of the Switch
There is no built-in clock on the 4200G. The date and time will revert to 23:55:00
2000/04/01 when the system is booted or power is cycled. In environments that
require exact absolute time, NTP (network time protocol) must be used to obtain and
set the current date and time of the Switch.
Setting the Date and
Time of the System
Perform the following configuration in user view.
Setting the Local Time
Zone
This configuration task is to set the name of the local time zone and the difference
between the local time zone and the standard UTC (universal time coordinated) time.
Table 308 Set the system name of the switch
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view —
Set the system name of
the switch
sysname sysname Optional
By default, the name is
S4200G.
Table 309 Set the date and time of the system
Operation Command Description
Set the current date and
time of the system
clock datetime HH:MM:SS YYYY/MM/DD Optional
By default, it is 23:55:00
04/01/2000 when the
system starts up.