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Cisco Systems IntelligentGigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for the IBMBladeCenter, Software Configuration Guide
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Using Editing Features 2-6
Enabling and Disabling Editing Features 2-6
Editing Commands through Keystrokes 2-7
Editing Command Lines that Wrap 2-8
Searching and Filtering Output of show and more Commands 2-9
Accessing the CLI 2-9
CHAPTER
3Assigning the Switch IP Address and Default Gateway 3-1
Understanding the Boot Process 3-1
Assigning Switch Information 3-2
Default Switch Information 3-2
Manually Assigning IP Information 3-3
Checking and Saving the Running Configuration 3-4
Modifying the Startup Configuration 3-6
Default Boot Configuration 3-7
Specifying the Filename to Read and Write the System Configuration 3-7
Booting a Specific Software Image 3-8
Controlling Environment Variables 3-8
Scheduling a Reload of the Software Image 3-11
Configuring a Scheduled Reload 3-11
Displaying Scheduled Reload Information 3-12
CHAPTER
4Administering the Switch 4-1
Managing the System Time and Date 4-1
Understanding the System Clock 4-1
Understanding Network Time Protocol 4-2
Configuring NTP 4-3
Default NTP Configuration 4-4
Configuring NTP Authentication 4-4
Configuring NTP Associations 4-5
Configuring NTP Broadcast Service 4-6
Configuring NTP Access Restrictions 4-7
Configuring the Source IP Address for NTP Packets 4-9
Displaying the NTP Configuration 4-10
Configuring Time and Date Manually 4-10
Setting the System Clock 4-10
Displaying the Time and Date Configuration 4-11
Configuring the Time Zone 4-11
Configuring Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) 4-12