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McDATA® Sphereon™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manager User Manual

Configuring the Switch

Figure 3-8

Configure Date and Time Manually

b. Click in a Date or Time field that you want to change.

c. Delete characters and enter new ones as required or highlight

the existing character by clicking and dragging the mouse
cursor over the character and typing the new character.

When entering the hours, use the range of 0 to 23, for minutes and
seconds, use the range of 0 to 59.

d. Click Activate to set the date and time on the switch.

3. If you are finished configuring the switch, back up the

configuration data. For more information, refer to

Backing Up and

Restoring Configuration Data

on page 3-29.

Configure Threshold Alerts

A threshold alert notifies users when the transmit (Tx) or receive (Rx)
throughput reaches specified values for specific switch ports or port
types, (E_Ports, F_Ports, or FL_Ports).

You are notified of a threshold alert by:

An attention indicator (yellow triangle) that displays on the port
in the Hardware View.

An attention indicator (yellow triangle) that displays in the Alert
column of the Port List View.

An attention indicator (yellow triangle) that displays by the
Threshold Alerts field in the Port Properties dialog box.

Detailed threshold alert data recorded in the Threshold Alert Log.

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