Allied Telesis AT-S62 - Manual (Page 41)

AT-S62 Web Browser Interface User’s Guide
Section I: Basic Operations 41
Setting the System Time
This procedure explains how to set the switch’s date and time. Setting
the system time is important if you configured the switch to send traps
to your management workstations. Traps from a switch where this has
not been set will not contain the correct date and time, making it
difficult for you to determine when the events represented by the traps
occurred.
It is also important to set the system time if you intend to use the Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate feature described in Chapter 33, Public
Key Infrastructure Certificates on page 651. Certificates must contain the
date and time of when they were created.
There are two ways to set the switch’s date and time. One method is to
set it manually. There is, however, a drawback to this method. The switch
loses the values when reset or power cycled. Using this method requires
resetting the values whenever you reset the device.
The second method uses the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP). The
AT-S62 management software comes with the client version of this
protocol. You can configure the AT-S62 software to obtain the current
date and time from an SNTP or Network Time Protocol (NTP) server
located on your network or the Internet.
SNTP is a reduced version of the NTP. However, the SNTP client software
in the AT-S62 management software is interoperable with NTP servers.
Note
The default system time on the switch is midnight, January 1, 1980.
To set the system time manually or to configure SNTP client, do the
following:
1. From the Home Page, select Configuration.
2. From the Configuration menu, select the System menu selection.
3. Select the System Time tab.