Dell PowerConnect 5548 User Guide - Page 170

A sample script to set system time manually is shown below Table 9-6. CLI Script to Set Manual System Time CLI Description Console# clock set 13:32:00 7 Nov 2010 Set the system time. console# configure Set the time zone to GMT console(config)# clock timezone Ohio +2 plus 2 hours. The name of the zone "Ohio" is purely for documentation purposes. This is not mandatory for manual time, but is recommended. It enables anyone seeing the time to know what that time is in respect to their timezone. console(config)# clock summer-time Ohio_Summer recurring usa Set Daylight Savings Time such that it recurs every year and is based on the summer time schedule of the USA. The name of the zone "Ohio_Summer" is for documentation purposes only. console(config)# exit Display the system time. console# show clock System Time from an SNTP Server This section describes how to receive date/time from an SNTP server. It contains the following topics: • SNTP Overview • SNTP Global Settings • SNTP Authentication • SNTP Servers • SNTP Interfaces 170 Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide