H3C Technologies H3C SecBlade IPS Cards - Manual (Page 34)

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Item Description
Device Serial Number Displays the serial number of the device.
System Name Displays the system name.
MAC of Network Management Interface Displays the MAC address of the network management interface.
System Time Displays the current system time.
System Time Zone Displays the current system time zone.
System Time
System Time Overview
You need to configure a correct system time so that the device can work with other devices properly.
The system time module helps you set the system date, time, and time zone. The device supports
setting system time through manual configuration and automatic synchronization of Simple Network
Time Protocol (SNTP) server time.
An administrator can by no means keep time synchronized among all the devices within a network by
changing the system clock on each device, because this is a huge amount of workload and cannot
guarantee the clock precision. SNTP, however, allows quick clock synchronization within the entire
network and ensures a high clock precision so that the devices can provide diverse applications based
on the consistent time.
Configuring System Time
Select System Management > Device Management > System Time from the navigation tree, and
enter the page as shown in Figure 3-3 .
Figure 3-3 System time page
Table 3-7 describes system time configuration items.