Brocade isl trunking, Synchronizing local time using ntp – Brocade 6520 Hardware Reference Manual User Manual

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Brocade 6520 configuration

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2. You are prompted to select a general location from the list displayed.

Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.

3. Enter the appropriate number from the list or Ctrl-D to quit.

4. At the prompt, select a country location from the list displayed.

5. At the prompt, enter the appropriate number to specify the time zone region from the list

displayed or Ctrl-D to quit.

Synchronizing local time using NTP

Perform the following steps to synchronize the local time using NTP.

1. Log in to the switch using the default password (the default password is password).

2. Enter the tsClockServer

"ntp1;ntp2"

command

where ntp1 is the IP address or DNS name

of the first NTP server, which the switch must be able to access. The ntp2 value is the name of
the second NTP server and is optional. The entire operand “<ntp1;ntp2>” is optional; by
default, this value is LOCL, which uses the local clock of the principal or primary switch as the
clock server.

switch:admin> tsclockserver "132.163.135.131"

switch:admin> tsclockserver

132.163.135.131

switch:admin>

The following example shows how to set up more than one NTP server using a DNS name:

switch:admin> tsclockserver "10.32.170.1;10.32.170.2;ntp.localdomain.net"

Updating Clock Server configuration...done.

Updated with the NTP servers

Changes to the clock server value on the principal or primary FCS switch are

propagated to all switches in the fabric.

Brocade ISL Trunking

Brocade Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking is optional software requiring a license that allows you to
create trunking groups of ISLs between adjacent switches. Up to eight ports within a port group on
the Brocade 6520 can be used as a trunking group to achieve speeds up to 128 Gbps (256 Gbps
full duplex) for optimal bandwidth utilization and load balancing.

Figure 3

shows the port groups for

the Brocade 6520.

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