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Time Services

On the BBI, choose System Settings > Time Services to configure the NTP server.

The following table describes the configuration.

Table 11 Time Services

Command Description

General Settings

Current Date

Configures the system date.

Current Time

Configures the system time using a 24-hour clock format.

Timezone Location

Configures the time zone where the switch resides. You are prompted to select
your location (continent, country, region) by the timezone wizard. Once a
region is selected, the switch updates the time to reflect local changes to
Daylight Savings Time, etc.

Daylight Savings

Disables or enables daylight savings time in the system clock. When enabled,
the switch will add an extra hour to the system clock so that it is consistent with
the local clock. By default, this option is disabled.

NTP Settings

Time Services

Enables or disables the NTP synchronization service.

Update Internal (min)

Specifies the interval, that is, how often, in minutes (1-44640), to
re-synchronize the switch clock with the NTP server.

Primary Server

Configures the IP address of the primary NTP server to which you want to
synchronize the switch clock.

Secondary Server

Configures the IP address of the secondary NTP server to which you want to
synchronize the switch clock.