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DES-7200 Configuration Guide Chapter 2 Basic Switch Management
Configuration
2.4 Syste
Conf
m Time
igura
tion
2.4.1 Overview
Every switch has its syst
time (hour, minute, secon
you must
em clock, which provides date (year, month, day) and
d) and week. When you use a switch for the first time,
configure the system clock manually. Of course, you can adjust the
2.4.2 Setting System Time and
Date
system clock when necessary. System clock is used for such functions as
system logging that need recording the time when an event occurs.
You can configure the s
configured, the clock will b
ystem time on the network device manually. Once
e running continuously even if the network device is
ide the hardware clock,
m
f
t
powered off. Therefore, unless you need to modify the time of device, it is not
necessary to configure the time again.
However, for the network devices that don’t prov
anually setting time actually configures software clock, which only takes effect
or this operation. When the network devices are powered off, the manually set
ime will not be valid.
Command Function
DES-7200# clock set hh:mm:ss month
date day year
Set system date and time.
For example, change the system time to10:10:12, 2003-6-20:
DES-7200# 003
date.
D
modification takes
effect.
cl
and
Date
clock set 10:10:12 6 20 2 //Set system time and
ES-7200# show clock //Confirm the
ock: 2003-6-20 10:10:54
2.4.3 Showing System Time
You can show system time and date by using the show clock command in the
privileged mode. The following is the format:
DES-7200# sh clock //Show the current system time and
date.
clock: 2003-5-20 11:11:34
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