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System Time
The commands in this chapter congure 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
Conguration Guide
.
The NTP commands are:
• calendar set
• ntp server
• show calendar
• show clock
• clock read-calendar
• clock set
• clock summer-time date
• clock summer-time recurring
• clock timezone
• clock update-calendar
calendar set
Set the time and date for the switch hardware clock.
Syntax
calendar set time month day year
Parameters
time Enter the time in hours:minutes:seconds. For the hour variable, use the 24-hour
format; for example, 17:15:00 is 5:15 pm.
month Enter the name of one of the 12 months in English. You can enter the name of a
day to 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 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.
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