
Setting Date and Time
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Step 10 Repeat until all cables have been entered in the NE's database. This
information can be viewed in the Physical Connections Table.
End of Procedure
Setting Date and Time
This procedure describes how to manually set the time, date, and time zone of
the NE. The procedure is applicable both for first time-configuration and later
changes.
Changes to the time and date of the NE, either directly, via the time zone, or via
changes to the NTP configuration, should preferably be done when commis-
sioning the system.
For example, the intervals of the performance records that were being gathered
when the time was changed, will be incomplete and therefore those perfor-
mance records will be marked as invalid. Moreover, if the time is set back in an
already operating system, you end up with multiple performance records with
the same timestamp. To avoid confusion, it is best to retrieve already collected
performance records from the NE prior to changing the time. For your conve-
nience, multiple performance records with identical timestamps will still be listed
chronologically, i.e. in the order they were gathered.
Any action which changes the time and date will result in an entry in the event
log. The entry will indicate whether the change was due to a manual change
(including the user account that made the change), due to an NTP step correc-
tion, or due to a daylight saving time action.
Requirements
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Before making changes to the date, time, or time zone in an already operat-
ing system, you should retrieve the performance record history from the NE.
Collect all performance records and store them in a safe place before fol-
lowing this procedure. Use the FSP 3000R7 Element Manager or the Net-
work Manager to collect performance records.
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You must be logged in with an user account that has ADMIN privileges.
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When the NE is configure to operate as an NTP client (i.e. NTP Mode
is set to Client-Only or Relay), then the time will be synchronized via
NTP and it is not possible to set the time or date manually for this NE.
However, the time zone can always be changed.
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Any action which changes the time and date may affect the
performance records in an already operating system.