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Chapter 4 Configuring Devices
Configuring the Service Engine
Setting the Time Zone
If you have an outside source on your network that provides time services, such as an NTP server, you
do not need to set the system clock manually. When manually setting the clock, enter the local time. The
SE calculates Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) based on the time zone set.
Note Two clocks exist in the system: the software clock and the hardware clock. The software uses the
software clock. The hardware clock is used only at startup to initialize the software clock.
Caution We highly recommend that you use NTP servers to synchronize the devices in your CDS network.
To manually configure the time zone, do the following:
Step 1 Choose Devices > Devices > General Settings > Network > Time Zone. The Time Zone page is
displayed with the default settings of UTC (offset = 0) and no daylight savings time configured.
Step 2 To configure a standard time zone, do the following:
a. Click the Standard Time Zone radio button.
The standard convention for time zones uses a Location/Area format in which Location is a
continent or a geographic region of the world and Area is a time zone region within that location.
For a list of standard time zones that can be configured and their UTC offsets, see Table 4-29 on
page 4-60.
b. From the Standard Time Zone drop-down list, choose a location for the time zone. The page
refreshes, displaying all area time zones for the chosen location in the second drop-down list.
c. Choose an area for the time zone.
The UTC offset (hours and minutes ahead or behind UTC) for the corresponding time zone is
displayed. During summer time savings, the offset may differ and is displayed accordingly.
Note Some of the standard time zones (mostly time zones within the United States) have daylight
savings time zones configured automatically.
Step 3 To configure a customized time zone, do the following:
a. Click the Customized Time Zone radio button.
b. In the Customized Time Zone field, enter a name to for the time zone. The time zone entry is case
sensitive and can contain up to 40 characters. Spaces are not allowed. If you specify any of the
standard time zone names, an error message is displayed when you click Submit.
c. For UTC offset, choose + or – from the UTC Offset drop-down list to indicate whether the
configured time zone is ahead or behind UTC. Also, choose the number of hours (0 to 23) and
minutes (0 to 59) offset from UTC for the customized time zone. The range for the UTC offset is
from –23:59 to 23:59, and the default is 0:0.
Step 4 To configure customized summer time savings, do the following:
Note Customized summer time can be specified for both standard and customized time zones.