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Dell PowerVault TL1000 User Manual

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remote NTP time server over the network. Alternatively, the date and time can be
synchronized with the clock on your host computer. And lastly, that date and times
can be set manually.

Note:

Selecting Refresh refreshes the date and time.

Note:

If you choose to manually set your date and time, you must reset the date
and time after the library is power cycled and after a library reset.

Note:

When the library is power cycled, wait 10 seconds after the power is OFF
before powering ON the library again.

The TL1000 Tape Autoloader communicates with an NTP server with the following
conditions:

v

Client/server basis operation

v

UDP (User Datagram Protocol) to access the NTP server

v

Does not use authentication keys

v

Library polling is every 12 hours

Configure the date and time with the following settings:

v

NTP Server

- Enables time and date control with a time server on the network.

NTP server address - The IP address of the time server. IPv4 and IPv6

addresses are supported, depending on the TCP/IP settings. Host names can
be entered instead of numerical IP addresses if Use DNS is selected in the
Network settings.

Time zone - The time zone relative to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

v

If the time server is disabled, enter the local time and date manually.
Date - The date with the MM/DD/YYYY format.
Time - The time with the HH:MM:SS format.

v

Auto Adjustment by PC

- Select a time interval and click Start to synchronize

the library with the clock on your host computer at regular intervals. The Web
User Interface Java Applet must be running continuously to use this function.

Click Submit to transfer the settings to the library. A dialog message is displayed
when the settings have been updated successfully.

Click Refresh to read the current settings from the library.

Chapter 4. Operations

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