User guide

3 Terminal and Telnet Management
CommPlete Communications Server 31
SNTP Server IP Address
Type the IP address of the SNTP server you want to use as a time source.
Time Zone Standard Name
Type a one- to three-letter abbreviation for the time zone of the RASExpress server
that you are configuring. It is used for display purposes only.
Offset from UTC
Type the time difference between the location of the RASExpress server and the prime
meridian at Greenwich, U.K. in the format hours:minutes. Sites west of Greenwich
have negative numbers, and those east of Greenwich have positive numbers.
U.S. time zone Offset from UTC
Eastern Standard (EST) -05:00
Central Standard (CST) -06:00
Mountain Standard (MST) -07:00
Pacific Standard (PST) -08:00
Daylight Savings
Select enabled to make RASExpress automatically adjust the clock for daylight-
saving time.
Offset During Daylight Savings
Type the number of minutes that the clock changes during the shifts to and from
daylight-saving time. In most parts of the world it is 60 minutes.
Start of Daylight Savings Time
Select to configure the time and day that daylight-saving time begins. A menu
appears in which you can change the following items:
Ordinal. Daylight-saving time usually starts at the same time on the same day of the
week in the same month every year. Each day of the week occurs four or five times a
month. Select on which occurrence daylight-saving time starts: the first, second, third,
fourth, or last of the month. In the U.S.A. daylight-saving time starts at 2:00
A.M. on
the first Sunday in April.
Day of Week. Select the day of the week on which daylight-saving time starts.
Month. Select the month in which daylight-saving time starts.
Time. Type the time of day that daylight-saving time starts.
End of Daylight Savings Time
Select to configure the time and day that daylight-saving time ends. A menu appears
in which you can change the following items:
Ordinal. Select on which occurrence of the selected day of the week that daylight-
saving time ends: the first, second, third, fourth, or last of the month. In the U.S.A.
daylight-saving time ends at 2:00
A.M. on the last Sunday in October.
Day of Week. Select the day of the week on which daylight-saving time ends.
Month. Select the month in which daylight-saving time ends.
Time. Type the time of day that daylight-saving time ends.