G730-Install-IG100 Installation Guide
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G730 Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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Setting the Time Zone
The default time zone is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time zone must be set only once because the value is
stored in nonvolatile memory.
Perform the following steps to set the time zone:
1. Log on as admin.
2. Use the
tsTimeZone --interactive
command and follow the prompts, or enter the
tsTimeZone
[
houroffset
[,
minuteoffset
]]
command as follows:
For Pacific Standard Time, enter
tsTimeZone -8,0
.
For Central Standard Time, enter
tsTimeZone -6,0
.
For Eastern Standard Time, enter
tsTimeZone -5,0
.
Table 8: tsTimeZone Command Parameter Selection for the U.S. Time Zones
Local Time
tsTimeZone Parameter (Difference from UTC)
Atlantic Standard
-4,0
Atlantic Daylight
-3,0
Eastern Standard
-5,0
Eastern Daylight
-4,0
Central Standard
-6,0
Central Daylight
-5,0
Mountain Standard
-7,0
Mountain Daylight
-6,0
Pacific Standard
-8,0
Pacific Daylight
-7,0
Alaskan Standard
-9,0
Alaskan Daylight
-8,0
Hawaiian Standard
-10,0
Synchronizing the Local Time with an External Source
Perform the following steps to synchronize the local time of the principal or primary FCS device with the time of an
external NTP server:
1. Log on as admin.
2. Enter the
tsClockServer [
ipaddr
]
command.
The
ipaddr
variable represents the IP address of the NTP server that the device can access. This variable is
optional; by default, the value is
LOCL
.
switch:admin> tsclockserver 192.0.2.0
Updating Clock Server configuration...done.
Updated with the NTP servers
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