Deployment Guide
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 day month year.
year Enter a four-digit number as the year. The range is from 1993 to 2035.
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes All Modes
Command History
Version Description
9.4(0.0) Supported on the FN I/O Aggregator.
8.3.17.0 Supported on the M I/O Aggregator.
Usage Information
You can change the order of the month and day parameters to enter the time and date as time day month year.
In the switch, the hardware clock is separate from the software and is called the calendar. This hardware clock runs
continuously. After the hardware clock (the calendar) is set, the operating system automatically updates the
software clock after system bootup. You cannot delete the hardware clock (calendar).
To manually update the software with the hardware clock, use the clock read-calendar command.
Example
Dell#calendar set 08:55:00 june 18 2006
Dell#
Related Commands
clock read-calendar— sets the software clock based on the hardware clock.
clock set— sets the software clock.
clock update-calendar— sets the hardware clock based on the software clock.
show clock— displays the clock settings.
clock read-calendar
Set the software clock on the switch from the information set in hardware clock (calendar).
Syntax
clock read-calendar
Defaults Not congured.
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes All Modes
Command History
Version Description
9.4(0.0) Supported on the FN I/O Aggregator.
8.3.17.0 Supported on the M I/O Aggregator.
Usage Information
In the switch, the hardware clock is separate from the software and is called the calendar. This hardware clock runs
continuously. After the hardware clock (the calendar) is set, the operating system automatically updates the
software clock after system bootup.
System Time 403