HP BL e-Class External Components, External Panel, User Account Management, Simple Network Time Protocol

Introduction

Simple Network Time Protocol

The interconnect switch can maintain the current date and time. This information displays on the management interfaces and is used to record the date and time of switch events. Current date and time information can be manually set on the interconnect swithc or can be obtained through Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP). SNTP allows the interconnect switch to send a request to a primary or secondary SNTP server in each polling period asking for the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). If the primary SNTP server is not available, the request is sent to a secondary SNTP server.

User Account Management

For increased security, separate user accounts can be set up with various levels of permission.

External Components

This section describes the external panel and LED indicators of the ProLiant BL e-Class C-GbE Interconnect Switch.

External Panel

The external panel of each interconnect switch has four RJ-45 connectors with Gigabit Ethernet uplink connectivity for network cabling. In addition, there are two Integrated Administrator connectors (one RJ-45 and one serial port) that support remote and local out-of-band management of the interconnect switch through a browser, SNMP/RMON, and Telnet console interfaces.

Figure 1-3: Interconnect switch external panel

HP ProLiant BL e-Class C-GbE Interconnect Switch User Guide 1-9