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Fabric OS 5.0.0 procedures user guide 23
To set the date and time:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the date command at the command line using the following syntax:
date “MMDDhhmmYY”
The values represent the following:
• MM is the month; valid values are 01 through 12.
• DD is the date; valid values are 01 through 31.
• hh is the hour; valid values are 00 through 23.
• mm is minutes; valid values are 00 through 59.
• YY is the year; valid values are 00 through 99 (values greater than 69 are interpreted as
1970 through 1999, and values less than 70 are interpreted as 2000 through 2069).
NOTE: The date function does not support daylight savings time or time zones, so such changes must be
reset manually.
Example:
You can synchronize the local time of the principal or primary Fabric Configuration Server (FCS) switch
to an external NTP server.
To synchronize local time with an external source:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the following command:
tsclockserver ipaddr
where ipaddr is the IP address of the NTP server, which the switch must be able to access. This
operand is optional; by default this value is LOCL, which uses the local clock of the principal or
primary switch as the clock server.
Example:
HP recommends that you synchronize time with an external NTP server, as described on page 23. If you
cannot do so, use the next procedure.
switch:admin> date
Fri May 5 21:50:00 UTC 1989
switch:admin>
switch:admin> date “0624165203”
Tue Jun 24 16:52:30 UTC 2003
switch:admin>
switch:admin> tsclockserver
LOCL
switch:admin> tsclockserver “132.163.135.131”
switch:admin> tsclockserver
132.163.135.131
switch:admin>