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American Fibertek SM8P-SFP User Manual

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18-May-11

3-1-3. Time Configuration

The switch provides manual and automatic ways to set the system time via

NTP. Manual setting is simple and you just input “Year”, “Month”, “Day”, “Hour”,
“Minute” and “Second” within the valid value range indicated in each item. If you
input an invalid value, for example, 61 in minute, the switch will clamp the figure to
59.

NTP is a well-known protocol used to synchronize the clock of the switch

system time over a network. NTP, an internet draft standard formalized in RFC 1305,
has been adopted on the system is version 3 protocol. The switch provides four
built-in NTP server IP addresses resided in the Internet and an user-defined NTP
server IP address. The time zone is Greenwich-centered which uses the expression
form of GMT+/- xx hours.

Function name:

Time

Function description:

Set the system time by manual input or set it by syncing from Time servers.
The function also supports daylight saving for different area’s time adjustment.

Parameter description:

Fig. 3-6

Current Time:

Show the current time of the system.

Manual:

This is the function to adjust the time manually. Filling the valid figures in
the fields of Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute and Second respectively and
press button, time is adjusted. The valid figures for the