Configuring Summertime Settings - Cisco 4215 - Intrusion Detection Sys Sensor Configuration Manual

Configuring Time
This indicates that the sensor is getting its time from NTP and that is configured and synchronized.
sensor# show clock detail
*12:19:22 CST Sat Dec 04 2004
No time source
Summer time starts 02:00:00 CST Sun Apr 7 2004
Summer time ends 02:00:00 CDT Sun Oct 27 2004
This indicates that no time source is configured.
Manually Setting the System Clock
Use the clock set hh:mm [:ss] month day year command to manually set the clock on the appliance. Use
this command if no other time sources are available.
You do not need to set the system clock if your sensor is synchronized by a valid outside timing
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mechanism such as an NTP clock source.
For the procedure for configuring NTP, see
Sensor, page
an explanation of what to do if you set the clock incorrectly, see
page
The clock set command does not apply to the following platforms:
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To manually set the clock on the appliance, follow these steps:
Step 1 Log in to the CLI using an account with administrator privileges.
Step 2 Set the clock manually:
sensor# clock set 13:21 July 29 2004
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Configuring Summertime Settings

You can configure summertime settings if you did not do so during initialization of the sensor. Or you
can change them after initialization.
Summertime is a term for daylight saving time.
Note
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor CLI Configuration Guide for IPS 5.0
4-22
4-18, for an explanation of the importance of having a valid time source for the sensor. For
4-20.
IDSM-2
NM-CIDS
AIP-SSM-10
AIP-SSM-20
The time format is 24-hour time.
Configuring NTP, page 4-27. See
Correcting Time on the Sensor,
Chapter 4 Initial Configuration Tasks
Time Sources and the
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