Configuring Time On The Sensor; System Clock - Cisco 4215 - Intrusion Detection Sys Sensor Configuration Manual

Chapter 4 Initial Configuration Tasks

Configuring Time on the Sensor

This section describes how to configure time on the sensor so that your events are time-stamped
correctly. It contains the following topics:
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System Clock

This section describes how to display and manually set the system clock and, contains the following
topics:
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Displaying the System Clock
Use the show clock [detail] command to display the system clock. You can use the detail option to
indicate the clock source (NTP or system) and the current summertime setting (if any).
The system clock keeps an authoritative flag that indicates whether the time is authoritative (believed to
be accurate). If the system clock has been set by a timing source, such as NTP, the flag is set.
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To display the system clock, follow these steps:
Step 1 Log in to the CLI.
Step 2 Display the system clock:
sensor# show clock
22:39:21 UTC Sat Jan 25 2003
Display the system clock with details:
Step 3
sensor# show clock detail
22:39:21 CST Sat Jan 25 2003
Time source is NTP
Summer time starts 02:00:00 CST Sun Apr 7 2004
Summer time ends 02:00:00 CDT Sun Oct 27 2004
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System Clock, page 4-21
Configuring Summertime Settings, page 4-22
Configuring Timezones Settings, page 4-27
Displaying the System Clock, page 4-21
Manually Setting the System Clock, page 4-22
Description
Time is not authoritative.
Time is authoritative.
Time is authoritative, but NTP is not synchronized.
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