HP Advanced Services zl Module with Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Installation and Getting Started Guide

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Hardware Installation

Set the HP zl Switch Time

The module gets the current time from the HP zl switch in which it is installed.

Important Typically, you will want the server running on the module to participate in a

domain. Because the domain join and other functions will fail unless the

module’s time matches the domain controller's, the HP zl switch must be set

with the correct time.

You can:

 Synchronize the HP zl switch and the domain controller time using Simple

Network Time Protocol (SNTP), which is recommended for a permanent

installation

 Set the HP zl switch time manually

Synchronize the HP zl Switch Using SNTP

To synchronize the HP zl switch time using SNTP, follow these steps:

1. Open a CLI management session with the HP zl switch and access the

global configuration context:

hostzlswitch# config

2. Enable SNTP:

hostzlswitch(config)# timesync sntp

3. Set the SNTP mode:

hostzlswitch(config)# sntp unicast

4. Configure the SNTP server IP address (either the domain controller or an

SNTP server with the correct time):

5. Set the timezone:

Syntax: sntp server priority 1 <ip-address>

Replace <ip-address> with the reachable IP address of the

domain controller or SNTP server.

Syntax: time timezone <-780 - 840>