Switch Manager
Setting the date/time and NTP clientThe Date/Time and Network Time Protocol (NTP) dialog box enables you to set the date and time manually on a switch, or to enable NTP Client to synchronize the date and time on the switch with an NTP server. Enabling the NTP client ensures the consistency of date and time stamps in alarms and log entries. An Ethernet connection to an NTP server is required.
1.Select a switch in the topology display, and open the faceplate display.
2.Select Switch > Set Date/Time. The Switch Date/Time dialog box is displayed.
3.Choose one of the following:
—Enter the year, month, day and time in the Switch Date/Time dialog box, and then click OK. The new date and time take effect immediately.
—Click NTP Client Enabled to enable the switch to synchronize its time with an NTP server. Enter the IP address of the NTP server. Ethernet connection to NTP server is required.
4.Click OK.
Resetting a switchResetting a switch reboots the switch using configuration parameters in memory. Depending on the reset type, a switch reset may or may not include a Power On Self Test. Table 12 describes the types of switch resets.
Table 12: Switch resets |
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Reset without Power On Self | Resets a switch without a Power On Self Test. This reset |
Test (POST) | activates the pending firmware and it is disruptive to switch |
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Hard reset | Resets a switch with a Power On Self Test. This reset activates |
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1.Select the switch to be reset, and then open the faceplate display.
2.Select Switch > Reset Switch.
—Select Reset to perform a standard reset.
—Select Hard Reset to perform a hard reset.
Configuring a switchSwitch configuration is divided into areas:
Switch properties specify
Each of these configuration options are discussed in the following sections.