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System Configuration Guide
Setting local time zone
SNTP uses Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) for all time synchronizations so it
is not affected by different time zones. In order for the switch report the correct
time for your local time zone and daylight savings time, you must use the
following commands:
• “clock time-zone” on page 294
• “no clock time-zone” on page 295
• “clock summer-time” on page 295
• “no clock summer-time” on page 296
• “show clock time-zone” on page 296
• “show clock summer-time” on page 296
Using DNS to ping and Telnet
Using the DNS client, you can ping or Telnet to a host server or to a host by name.
To use this feature, you must configure at least one Domain Name Server (DNS);
You may also configure a default domain name. If you configure a default domain
name, that name is appended to host names that do not contain a dot. The default
domain name and addresses are saved in NVRAM.
The host names for ping and Telnet cannot be longer than 63 alphanumeric
characters, and the default DNS domain name cannot be longer than 255
characters.
Configuring with CLI
Use the CLI to configure the DNS client. Following are the commands used to
configure the DNS client using the CLI.
• show ip dns command
• ping command
• ip name-server command
• no ip name-server command