Changing the date in spmaint, Changing the time in spmaint, Changing the time zone in spmaint – HP 3PAR Service Processors User Manual

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2.

Enter 11 for SP Date/Time/Geographical Location maintenance, and then press Enter.

The following subsections describe how to perform the tasks that are related to each of the functions
that are available through the SP System Date/Time/Geographical Location submenu in SPMAINT.

Changing the Date in SPMAINT

To change the SP date:
1.

From the SP System Date/Time submenu, enter 1 for Change the Date, and then press Enter.

2.

When prompted, enter the new date in YYYY/MM/DD format, and then press Enter.

3.

When prompted, enter y, and then press Enter to confirm the date change.

Changing the Time in SPMAINT

To change the SP time:
1.

From the SP System Date/Time submenu, enter 2 for Change the Time, and then press Enter.

2.

When prompted, enter the new time in 24-hour format (HH:MM), and then press Enter.

3.

When prompted, enter y, and then press Enter to confirm the time change.

Changing the Time Zone in SPMAINT

If you are altering the time zone setting for the SP, respond to the following guided menus, and
then press Enter to confirm the following information:

Continent or ocean

Country

Time zone region

Verify or set the date and time before continuing.

To change the time zone setting:
1.

From the SP System Date/Time submenu, enter 3 for Change the timezone, and then press
Enter.

2.

When prompted, enter y, and then press Enter to launch the time zone configuration sequence.

Managing NTP Configuration

Use the Network Time Protocol Configuration submenu in SPOCC to manage the NTP and NTP
server configuration settings (this submenu is called the Manage NTP Configuration [NTPCONF]
submenu in SPMAINT).

The SP serves the NTP for any attached systems. This can be a closed time domain (SP and systems),
or the NTP can be a client of any number of customer NTP servers.

To access the Network Time Protocol Configuration submenu in SPOCC:
1.

On the SPOCC home page, click the SPmaint tab.

2.

Click SP Control/Status.

3.

Click Manage NTP configuration.

4.

Click the desired option: Delete, Add NTP Server Host, or View Complete NTP Status.

To access the NTPCONF submenu by using SPMAINT:
1.

From the SPMAINT main menu, enter 1 for SP Control/Status, and then press Enter.

2.

Enter 12 for Manage NTP Configuration, and then press Enter.

The subsections that follow describe how to use SPMAINT to perform tasks related to each of the
functions that are available through the NTPCONF submenu.

Displaying the NTP Configuration by Using SPMAINT

To display the current SP NTP configuration:

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SP Control/Status Functions

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