NTP server configuration

Command: /cfg/sys/ntp

[NTP Server Menu]

prisrv

- Set primary NTP server address

secsrv

- Set secondary NTP server address

intrval

- Set NTP server resync interval

tzone

- Set NTP timezone offset from GMT

dlight

- Enable/Disable daylight savings time

on

- Turn NTP service ON

off

- Turn NTP service OFF

cur

- Display current NTP configuration

This menu enables you to synchronize the switch clock to a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. By default, this option is disabled.

The following table describes the NTP Server Configuration Menu options.

Table 83 NTP Server Configuration Menu options

Command

Description

 

 

prisrv <IP address>

Configures the IP addresses of the primary NTP server to which you want to

 

synchronize the switch clock.

 

 

secsrv <IP address>

Configures the IP addresses of the secondary NTP server to which you want to

 

synchronize the switch clock.

 

 

intrval <1-44640>

Specifies the interval, that is, how often, in minutes (1-44640), to resynchronize the

 

switch clock with the NTP server. The default is 1440 seconds.

 

 

tzone <hh:mm>

Configures the NTP time zone offset from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in hours

 

and minutes. The offset format is HH:MM

 

 

dlight disableenable

Disables or enables daylight saving time in the system clock. When enabled, the

 

switch will add an extra hour to the system clock so that it is consistent with the local

 

clock. By default, this option is disabled.

 

 

on

Enables the NTP synchronization service.

 

 

off

Disables the NTP synchronization service. This is the default.

 

 

cur

Displays the current NTP service settings.

 

 

System SNMP configuration

Command: /cfg/sys/ssnmp

 

 

 

 

[SNMP Menu]

 

 

snmpv3

- SNMPv3 Menu

 

name

- Set SNMP "sysName"

 

locn

- Set SNMP "sysLocation"

 

cont

- Set SNMP "sysContact"

 

rcomm

- Set SNMP read community string

 

wcomm

- Set SNMP write community string

 

timeout

- Set timeout for the SNMP state machine

 

auth

- Enable/disable SNMP "sysAuthenTrap"

 

linkt

- Enable/disable SNMP link up/down trap

 

ufd

- Enable/disable SNMP Uplink Failure Detection trap

 

cur

- Display current SNMP configuration

 

 

 

The switch software supports SNMP-based network management. In SNMP model of network management, a management station (client/manager) accesses a set of variables known as MIBs (Management Information Base) provided by the managed device (agent). If you are running an SNMP network management station on your network, you can manage the switch using the following standard SNMP MIBs:

MIB II (RFC 1213)

Ethernet MIB (RFC 1643)

Bridge MIB (RFC 1493)

An SNMP agent is a software process on the managed device that listens on UDP port 161 for SNMP messages. Each SNMP message sent to the agent contains a list of management objects to retrieve or to modify.

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