Cisco Systems 5 manual Synchronizing the NAM System Time with the Switch or Router

Chapter 5 User and System Administration

System Administration

•Cisco 2200 Series appliances can get their time from a local CLI clock set command.

Caution Both the client computer and the NAM server must have the time set accurately for their respective time zones. If either the client or the server time is wrong, then the data shown in the GUI will be wrong.

After the NAM acquires the time, you can set the local time zone using the NAM System Time configuration screen. You can configure the NAM system time by using one of the following methods:

•Synchronizing the NAM System Time with the Switch or Router, page 5-6

This option is valid only for WS-SVC-NAM-1, WS-SVC-NAM-2, and NME-NAMs.

•Synchronizing the NAM System Time Locally, page 5-6

This option is valid only for Cisco NAM 2200 Series appliances.

•Configuring the NAM System Time with an NTP Server, page 5-7

Synchronizing the NAM System Time with the Switch or Router

Note This section is valid only for WS-SVC-NAM-1, WS-SVC-NAM-2, and NME-NAMs.

To configure the NAM system time from the switch or router:

Step 1 Choose Administration > System > System Time.

Step 2 Choose the Switch or Router radio button.

Step 3 Select the Region and local time zone from the lists.

Step 4 Do one of the following:

•To save the changes click Submit.

•To leave the configuration unchanged, click Reset.

Synchronizing the NAM System Time Locally

	Note	This section is valid only for Cisco NAM 2200 Series appliances.
		To configure the NAM system time locally using the NAM appliance command line:
	Step 1	Log into the NAM appliance command line interface.
	Step 2	Set the clock using the CLI clock set command.
		clock set <hh:mm:ss:> <mm/dd/yyyy>
	Step 3	On the NAM appliance GUI, choose Administration > System > System Time.
	Step 4	Click the Local radio button.
	Step 5	Select the Region and local time zone from the lists.
	User Guide for the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM) Traffic Analyzer, 5.0
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