Administrator Guide

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 configured.
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.
You cannot delete this command (there is not a no version of this command).
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 .
292 System Time