HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual (53-1000240-0 - Page 143

Note: Enter commands in lowercase only; mixed case is for readability. date 2 date Displays or sets the switch date and time. Synopsis date ["newdate"] Description Use this command to display or set the date and time. All switches maintain the current date and time in nonvolatile memory. If the security feature (secure mode) is not enabled, switch operation does not depend on the date and time. A switch with incorrect date values continues to function properly. The date and time are only used to record events in the various logs: for example, the error log and the port log. To enable secure mode the fabric must be synchronized. Every switch in the fabric must receive a fabric timestamp from the primary FCS switch. Use this command with no operands to display the local switch date and time. Specify an operand to set the date and time. This command sets a common date and time for the entire fabric. If secure mode is not enabled, a change in date or time to one switch is forwarded to the principal switchand distributed to the fabric. If secure mode is enabled, date or time changes can be made only on the primary FCS switch and distributed to the fabric. It might take up to 64 seconds for the switches in the fabric to be synchronized. If the switches in the fabric are v5.x, v4.1.x, v3.1.x, or v2.6.x or higher, this command sets date and time for all switches in the fabric. If secure mode is disabled, a change in date and time to one switch is forwarded to the principal switch and distributed to the fabric. Note This command becomes read-only if external NTP synchronization is enabled. For more information, refer to tsClockServer. The date specified is always the local switch time, taking into account daylight saving time and the time zone setup of the switch. Each switch takes care of converting the GMT time distributed fabric-wide to its local time. Refer to tsTimeZone for more information on time zone support. If the switch is operating in FICON Management Server mode (fmsmode), setting the date is subject to the director clock alert mode (DCAM). If DCAM is 1, the operator issues a warning that the switch date is about to change. The operator then prompts to confirm the change with a yes or no response. The date and time are specified in the following format, as used on many UNIX systems: mmddHHMMyy Where mm is the month, 01-12; dd is the date, 01-31; HH is the hour, 00-23; MM is minutes, 00-59; yy is the year, 00-99. Year values greater than 69 are taken to indicate 1970-1999; year values less than 70 are taken to indicate 2000-2069. Note The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place. Operands This command has the following operand: "newdate" Specify the new date and time, in quotation marks. This operand is optional. Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Publication Number: 53-1000240-01 2-109