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Performing Switch Administration
This chapter describes how to perform one-time operations to administer your switch.

Finding Feature Information

Your software release may not support all the features documented in this chapter. For the latest feature
information and caveats, see the release notes for your platform and software release.
Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support an d Cisco software image
support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on
Cisco.com is not required.

Information About Performing Switch Administration

System Time and Date Management

You can manage the system time and date on your switch using automatic configuration, su ch as the
Network Time Protocol (NTP), or manual configuration methods.
System Clock
The basis of time service is the system clock. This clock runs from the moment the system starts up and
keeps track of the date and time.
The system clock can then be set from these sources:
NTP
Manual configuration
The system clock can provide time to these services:
User show commands
Logging and debugging messages
The system clock keeps track of time internally based on Universal Time Coordinated (UTC), also
known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). You can configure information about the local time zone and
summer time (daylight saving time) so that the time appears correctly for the local time zone.