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2 Basic System Configuration and Debugging
When configuring basic system configuration and debugging, go to these sections for information you
are interested in:
z Basic System Configuration
z Displaying the System Status
z Debugging the System
Basic System Configuration
Perform the following basic system configuration:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Set the current date
and time of the
system
clock datetime
HH:MM:SS
{ YYYY/MM/DD |
MM/DD/YYYY }
Required
Execute this command in user view.
The default value is 23:55:00 04/01/2000 when
the system starts up.
Set the local time
zone
clock timezone
zone-name { add | minus }
HH:MM:SS
Optional
Execute this command in user view.
By default, it is the UTC time zone.
Set the name and
time range of the
summer time
clock summer-time
zone_name { one-off |
repeating } start-time
start-date end-time
end-date offset-time
Optional
Execute this command in user view.
z When the system reaches the specified
start time, it automatically adds the
specified offset to the current time, so as to
toggle the system time to the summer time.
z When the system reaches the specified end
time, it automatically subtracts the specified
offset from the current time, so as to toggle
the summer time to normal system time.
Enter system view
from user view system-view —
Set the system
name of the switch sysname sysname Optional
By default, the name is 3Com.
Return from current
view to lower level
view
quit
Optional
If the current view is user view, you will quit the
current user interface.
Return from current
view to user view return
Optional
The composite key <Ctrl+Z> has the same
effect with the return command.