Administrator Guide

year Enter a four-digit number as the year. The range is from 1993
to 2035.
Command
Modes
EXEC Privilege
Command
History
Version 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.
ntp server
Configure an NTP time-serving host.
Syntax
ntp server {hostname | ipv4-address} [key keyid] [prefer]
[version number]
Parameters
ipv4-address Enter an IPv4 address (A.B.C.D).
hostname Enter the hostname of the server.
key keyid (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword key and a number as the
NTP peer key. The range is from 1 to 4294967295.
prefer (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword prefer to indicate that this
peer has priority over other servers.
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