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General Setup, Basic, Setting

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Chapter 6 Basic Setting 6.3 General Setup Use this screen to configure general settings such as the system name and time. Click Basic Setting > General Setup in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown. Figure 18 Basic Setting > General Setup The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 8 Basic Setting > General Setup LABEL DESCRIPTION System Name Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. This name consists of up to 64 printable characters; spaces are allowed. Location Enter the geographic location of your Switch. You can use up to 32 printable ASCII characters; spaces are allowed. Contact Person's Enter the name of the person in charge of this Switch. You can use up to 32 Name printable ASCII characters; spaces are allowed. Use Time Server when Bootup Enter the time service protocol that your timeserver uses. Not all time servers support all protocols, so you may have to use trial and error to find a protocol that works. The main differences between them are the time format. When you select the Daytime (RFC 867) format, the Switch displays the day, month, year and time with no time zone adjustment. When you use this format it is recommended that you use a Daytime timeserver within your geographical time zone. Time (RFC-868) format displays a 4-byte integer giving the total number of seconds since 1970/1/1 at 0:0:0. NTP (RFC-1305) is similar to Time (RFC-868). None is the default value. Enter the time manually. Each time you turn on the Switch, the time and date will be reset to 2000-1-1 0.0. Time Server IP Address Enter the IP address of your timeserver. The Switch searches for the timeserver for up to 60 seconds. If you select a timeserver that is unreachable, then this screen will appear locked for 60 seconds. Please wait. Current Time This field displays the time you open this menu (or refresh the menu). New Time (hh:min:ss) Enter the new time in hour, minute and second format. The new time then appears in the Current Time field after you click Apply. Current Date This field displays the date you open this menu. 48 ES-315/ES-315-F User's Guide

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Chapter 6 Basic Setting
ES-315/ES-315-F User’s Guide
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6.3
General Setup
Use this screen to configure general settings such as the system name and time. Click
Basic
Setting
>
General Setup
in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown.
Figure 18
Basic Setting > General Setup
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 8
Basic Setting > General Setup
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
System Name
Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. This name consists of up to
64 printable characters; spaces are allowed.
Location
Enter the geographic location of your Switch. You can use up to 32 printable ASCII
characters; spaces are allowed.
Contact Person's
Name
Enter the name of the person in charge of this Switch. You can use up to 32
printable ASCII characters; spaces are allowed.
Use Time Server
when Bootup
Enter the time service protocol that your timeserver uses. Not all time servers
support all protocols, so you may have to use trial and error to find a protocol that
works. The main differences between them are the time format.
When you select the
Daytime (RFC 867)
format, the Switch displays the day,
month, year and time with no time zone adjustment. When you use this format
it is
recommended that you use a Daytime timeserver within your geographical time
zone.
Time (RFC-868)
format displays a 4-byte integer giving the total number of
seconds since 1970/1/1 at 0:0:0.
NTP (RFC-1305)
is similar to Time (RFC-868).
None
is the default value. Enter the time manually. Each time you turn on the
Switch, the time and date will be reset to 2000-1-1 0.0.
Time Server IP
Address
Enter the IP address of your timeserver. The Switch searches for the timeserver for
up to 60 seconds. If you select a timeserver that is unreachable, then this screen
will appear locked for 60 seconds. Please wait.
Current Time
This field displays the time you open this menu (or refresh the menu).
New Time
(hh:min:ss)
Enter the new time in hour, minute and second format. The new time then appears
in the
Current Time
field after you click
Apply
.
Current Date
This field displays the date you open this menu.