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System Time
The commands in this chapter configure time values on the system, either using the Dell Networking OS, the hardware, or using
the network time protocol (NTP). With NTP, the switch can act only as a client to an NTP clock host.
For more information, refer to the Network Time Protocol section of the Management chapter in the Dell Networking OS
Configuration Guide.
The NTP commands are:
● show clock
● clock set
● clock summer-time date
● clock summer-time recurring
Topics:
• clock set
• clock summer-time date
• clock summer-time recurring
• debug ntp
• ntp offset-threshold
• ntp server
• ntp authenticate
• ntp authentication-key
• ntp control-key-passwd
• ntp master <stratum>
• ntp server
• ntp source
• ntp trusted-key
• show clock
• show ntp associations
• show ntp vrf associations
• show ntp status
clock set
Set the software clock in the switch.
Syntax
clock set time month day year
Parameters
time Enter the time in hours:minutes:seconds. For the hour variable, use the 24-hour
format; example, 17:15:00 is 5:15 pm.
month Enter the name of one of the 12 months, in English. You can enter the number of a
day and change the order of the display to time day month year .
day Enter the number of the day. The range is from 1 to 31. You can enter the name of
a month to change the order of the display to time month day year .
year Enter a four-digit number as the year. The range is from 1993 to 2035.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes All Modes
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