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Changing the Date in SPMAINT, Managing NTP Configuration

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2. Type 11 for SP Date/Time/Geographical Location maintenance, and then press ENTER. The following subsections describe how to perform the tasks that are related to each of the functions that are available through the SP System Date/Time/Geographical Location submenu in SPMAINT. Changing the Date in SPMAINT To change the Service Processor date: 1. From the SP System Date/Time submenu, type 1 for Change the Date, and then press ENTER. 2. When prompted, type the new date in YYYY/MM/DD format, and then press ENTER. 3. When prompted, type y, and then press ENTER to confirm the date change. Changing the Time in SPMAINT To change the Service Processor time: 1. From the SP System Date/Time submenu, type 2 for Change the Time, and then press ENTER. 2. When prompted, type the new time in 24-hour format (HH:MM), and then press ENTER. 3. When prompted, type y, and then press ENTER to confirm the time change. Changing the Time Zone in SPMAINT If you are altering the time zone setting for the Service Processor, respond to the following guided menus, and then press ENTER to confirm the following information: • Continent or ocean • Country • Time zone region Verify or set the date and time before continuing. To change the time zone setting: 1. From the SP System Date/Time submenu, type 3 for Change the timezone, and then press ENTER. 2. When prompted, type y, and then press ENTER to launch the time zone configuration sequence. Managing NTP Configuration Use the Network Time Protocol Configuration submenu in SPOCC to manage the Service Processor network time protocol (NTP) and NTP server configuration settings (this submenu is called the Manage NTP Configuration [NTPCONF] submenu in SPMAINT). The SP serves the NTP for any attached systems. This can be a closed time domain (SP and systems), or the NTP can be a client of any number of customer NTP servers. To access the Network Time Protocol Configuration submenu in SPOCC: 1. On the SPOCC home page, click the SPmaint tab. 2. Click SP Control/Status. 3. Click Manage NTP configuration. 4. Click the desired option: Delete, Add NTP Server Host, or View Complete NTP Status. To access the NTPCONF submenu by using SPMAINT: 1. From the SPMAINT main menu, type 1 for SP Control/Status, and then press ENTER. 2. Type 12 for Manage NTP Configuration, and then press ENTER. The subsections that follow describe how to use SPMAINT to perform tasks related to each of the functions that are available through the NTPCONF submenu. Displaying the NTP Configuration by Using SPMAINT To display the current Service Processor (SP) NTP configuration: Managing NTP Configuration 17

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2.
Type
11
for
SP Date/Time/Geographical Location maintenance
, and then press
ENTER
.
The following subsections describe how to perform the tasks that are related to each of the functions
that are available through the SP System Date/Time/Geographical Location submenu in SPMAINT.
Changing the Date in SPMAINT
To change the Service Processor date:
1.
From the SP System Date/Time submenu, type
1
for
Change the Date
, and then press
ENTER
.
2.
When prompted, type the new date in
YYYY/MM/DD
format, and then press
ENTER
.
3.
When prompted, type
y
, and then press
ENTER
to confirm the date change.
Changing the Time in SPMAINT
To change the Service Processor time:
1.
From the SP System Date/Time submenu, type
2
for
Change the Time
, and then press
ENTER
.
2.
When prompted, type the new time in 24-hour format (HH:MM), and then press
ENTER
.
3.
When prompted, type
y
, and then press
ENTER
to confirm the time change.
Changing the Time Zone in SPMAINT
If you are altering the time zone setting for the Service Processor, respond to the following guided
menus, and then press
ENTER
to confirm the following information:
Continent or ocean
Country
Time zone region
Verify or set the date and time before continuing.
To change the time zone setting:
1.
From the SP System Date/Time submenu, type
3
for
Change the timezone
, and then press
ENTER
.
2.
When prompted, type
y
, and then press
ENTER
to launch the time zone configuration sequence.
Managing NTP Configuration
Use the Network Time Protocol Configuration submenu in SPOCC to manage the Service Processor
network time protocol (NTP) and NTP server configuration settings (this submenu is called the
Manage NTP Configuration [NTPCONF] submenu in SPMAINT).
The SP serves the NTP for any attached systems. This can be a closed time domain (SP and systems),
or the NTP can be a client of any number of customer NTP servers.
To access the Network Time Protocol Configuration submenu in SPOCC:
1.
On the SPOCC home page, click the
SPmaint
tab.
2.
Click
SP Control/Status
.
3.
Click
Manage NTP configuration
.
4.
Click the desired option:
Delete
,
Add NTP Server Host
, or
View Complete NTP Status
.
To access the NTPCONF submenu by using SPMAINT:
1.
From the SPMAINT main menu, type
1
for
SP Control/Status
, and then press
ENTER
.
2.
Type
12
for
Manage NTP Configuration
, and then press
ENTER
.
The subsections that follow describe how to use SPMAINT to perform tasks related to each of the
functions that are available through the NTPCONF submenu.
Displaying the NTP Configuration by Using SPMAINT
To display the current Service Processor (SP) NTP configuration:
Managing NTP Configuration
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