Allied Telesis AT-S65 - Manual (Page 28)

Chapter 2: Basic Parameters
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Setting the System Date and Time
Setting the system time is important if you configured the chassis to send
traps to your management stations. If the time is not set, traps do not
contain the correct date and time. Therefore, it becomes difficult for you to
determine when the events represented by the traps occurred.
There are two ways to set the time: manually and using Simple Network
Time Protocol (SNTP). When you set the time manually, the chassis loses
the values when it is reset or power cycled. When you use this method,
you must reset the values whenever you reset the chassis.
When you set up SNTP, the chassis obtains the current date and time
from an SNTP or Network Time Protocol (NTP) server located on your
network or on the Internet. The AT-S65 management software contains
the client version of SNTP. SNTP is a reduced version of NTP. However,
the SNTP client software in the AT-S65 management software is
interoperable with NTP servers.
To set the system’s date and time, perform the following procedure:
1. From the Main Menu, select System Configuration.
The System Configuration Menu is shown in Figure 4 on page 22.
2. From the System Configuration Menu, select System Time Options
and press Enter.
The System Time Configuration Menu is shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7. System Time Configuration Menu
System Time Configuration Menu
System Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/01/1980
System Time (hh:mm:ss): 00:00:00
SNTP Status: Disabled
SNTP Server: Null (not configured)
UTC Offset (-12 to 12): 0
Daylight Savings Time: Disabled
Poll Interval (Seconds): 0
Last Delta (Seconds): 0
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