Accton Technology ES3526XA, ES3552XA Simple Network Management Protocol, Setting the Time Zone

3 Configuring the Switch

Setting the Time Zone

SNTP uses Coordinated Universal Time (or UTC, formerly Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT) based on the time at the Earth’s prime meridian, zero degrees longitude. To display a time corresponding to your local time, you must indicate the number of hours and minutes your time zone is east (before) or west (after) of UTC.

Command Attributes

•Current Time – Displays the current time.

•Name – Assigns a name to the time zone. (Range: 1-29 characters)

•Hours (0-12)– The number of hours before/after UTC.

•Minutes (0-59)– The number of minutes before/after UTC.

•Direction – Configures the time zone to be before (east) or after (west) UTC.

Web – Select SNTP, Clock Time Zone. Set the offset for your time zone relative to the UTC, and click Apply.

Figure 3-23 Setting the System Clock

CLI - This example shows how to set the time zone for the system clock.

Console(config)#clock timezone Taiwan hours 6 minute 0 after-UTC 4-61Console(config)#

Simple Network Management Protocol

SNMP is a communication protocol designed specifically for managing devices on a network. Equipment commonly managed with SNMP includes switches, routers and host computers. SNMP is typically used to configure these devices for proper operation in a network environment, as well as to monitor them to evaluate performance or detect potential problems.

Managed devices supporting SNMP contain software, which runs locally on the device and is referred to as an agent. A defined set of variables, known as managed objects, is maintained by the SNMP agent and used to manage the device. These objects are defined in a Management Information Base (MIB) that provides a standard presentation of the information controlled by the agent. SNMP defines both

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