Allied Telesis AT-S62 - Manual (Page 65)

AT-S62 Menus Interface User’s Guide
Section I: Basic Operations 65
Setting the System Time
This procedure explains how to set the switch’s date and time. Setting
this information is a good idea if you plan to monitor the switch by
viewing the events in the event log or having the events sent to a syslog
server. This is also important if the management software will be
sending traps to your management workstation. Events and traps
contain the date and time of when they occurred. Without them, it will
be difficult for you to determine when they transpired. The current date
and time are also important if you intend to use the Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL) certificate feature described in Chapter 33, Public Key
Infrastructure Certificates on page 654, because 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. The drawback to this approach is that the switch loses
the information whenever it is reset or power cycled. This means that
you must reset 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, do the following:
1. From the Main Menu, type 5 to select System Administration.
The System Administration menu is shown in Figure 7 on page 55.
2. From the System Administration menu, type 2 to select System
Configuration.
The System Configuration menu is shown in Figure 8 on page 56.
3. From the System Configuration menu, type 8 to select Configure
System Time.