Administration: Time Settings
System Time
Cisco 350XG & 550XG Series 10G Stackable Managed Switches
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Time Zone Settings
—The local time is used via the DHCP server or Time
Zone offset.
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Get Time Zone from DHCP
—Select to enable dynamic configuration of
the time zone and the DST from the DHCP server. Whether one or both of
these parameters can be configured depends on the information found in
the DHCP packet. If this option is enabled,
DHCP client must be enabled
on the device
.
NOTE
The DHCP Client supports Option 100 providing dynamic time zone
setting.
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Time Zone from DHCP
—Displays the acronym of the time zone
configured from the DHCP server. This acronym appears in the
Actual
Time
field
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Time Zone Offset
—Select the difference in hours between
Greenwich
Mean Time
(GMT) and the local time. For example, the Time Zone Offset
for Paris is GMT +1, while the Time Zone Offset for New York is GMT – 5.
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Time Zone Acronym
—Enter a name that will represent this time zone.
This acronym appears in the
Actual Time
field.
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Daylight Savings Settings
—Select how DST is defined:
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Daylight Savings—Select to enable Daylight Saving Time.
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Time Set Offset—Enter the number of minutes offset from GMT ranging
from 1—1440. The default is 60.
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Daylight Savings Type—Click one of the following:
USA
—DST is set according to the dates used in the USA.
European
—DST is set according to the dates used by the European
Union and other countries that use this standard.
By dates
—DST is set manually, typically for a country other than the USA
or a European country. Enter the parameters described below.
Recurring
—DST occurs on the same date every year.
Selecting
By Dates
allows customization of the start and stop of DST:
•
From
—Day and time that DST starts.
•
To
—Day and time that DST ends.
STEP 3
Selecting
Recurring
allows different customization of the start and stop of DST:
