Configuring System Time - Cisco 500 series Administration Manual

System Time

Configuring System Time

Configuring System Time
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Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide
Selecting Source of System Time
System Time
Use the
manual, you can enter the time here.
If the system time is set manually and the switch is rebooted, the manual time
settings must be reentered.
To define system time:
Click Administration> Time Settings > System Time. The
opens.
The following fields are displayed:
• Actual Time (Static)—System time on the device.
• Last Synchronized Server—Address, stratum and type of the SNTP server
from which time was last taken.
Enter these parameters:
Clock Source Settings—Select the source used to set the system clock.
• Main Clock Source (SNTP Servers)—If you enable this, the system time is
obtained from an SNTP server. To use this feature, you must also configure a
connection to an SNTP server in the
Optionally, enforce authentication of the SNTP sessions by using the
Authentication
• Alternate Clock Source (PC via active HTTP/HTTPS sessions)—Select to
set the date and time from the configuring computer using the HTTP
protocol.
The Clock Source Setting needs to be set to either of the above in
NOTE
order for RIP MD5 authentication to work. This also helps features that
associate with time, for example: Time Based ACL, Port, 802. 1 port
authentication that are supported on some devices.
Manual Settings—Set the date and time manually. The local time is used when
there is no alternate source of time, such as an SNTP server:
• Date—Enter the system date.
page to select the system time source. If the source is
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