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Chapter7 Administering the Switch
Managing the System Time and Date
The specified interface is used for the source address for all packets sent to all destinations. If a source
address is to be used for a specific association, use the source keyword in the ntp peer or ntp server
global configuration command as described in the “Configuring NTP Associations” section on page 7-6.

Displaying the NTP Configuration

You can use two privileged EXEC commands to display NTP information:
show ntp associations [detail]
show ntp status
Note For detailed information about the fields in these displays, see the Cisco IOS Configuration
Fundamentals Command Reference, Release 12.2 from the Cisco.com page under Documentation >
Cisco IOS Software > 12.2 Mainline > Command References.
Configuring Time and Date Manually
If no other source of time is available, you can manually configure the time and date after the system is
restarted. The time remains accurate until the next system restart. We recommend that you use manual
configuration only as a last resort. If you have an outside source to which the switch can synchronize,
you do not need to manually set the system clock.
Note You must reset this setting if you have manually set the system clock and the stack master fails and
different stack member resumes the role of stack master.
These sections contain this configuration information:
Setting the System Clock, page7-11
Displaying the Time and Date Configuration, page7-12
Configuring the Time Zone, page7-12
Configuring Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time), page7-13

Setting the System Clock

If you have an outside source on the network that provides time services, such as an NTP server, you do
not need to manually set the system clock.
Step4 show running-config Verify your entries.
Step5 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Command Purpose