Raritan EMX2-888, User Manual

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Chapter 8: Using the Command Line Interface
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Examples
This section illustrates several time configuration examples.
Example 1 - Time Setup Method
The following command sets the date and time settings by using the NTP
servers.
config:# time method ntp
Example 2 - Primary NTP Server
The following command sets the primary time server to 192.168.80.66.
config:# time ntp firstServer 192.168.80.66
Checking the Accessibility of NTP Servers
This command verifies the accessibility of NTP servers specified
manually on your EMX and then shows the result. For instructions on
specifying NTP servers via CLI, see
Setting NTP Parameters
(on page
366).
To perform this command successfully, you must:

Own the "Change Date/Time Settings" permission.

Customize NTP servers. See
Setting NTP Parameters
(on page
366).

Make the customized NTP servers override the DHCP-assigned
ones. See
Overriding DHCP-Assigned NTP Servers
(on page
367).
This command is available either in the administrator/user mode or in the
configuration mode. See
Different CLI Modes and Prompts
(on page
313).
In the administrator/user mode:
# check ntp
In the configuration mode:
config# check ntp