IBM 24R9718 IB manual Configure the System Clock, Set the On-board Clock

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2.Enter the configure terminal command to enter Global Configuration mode.

Example

IBM BladeCenter# configure terminal

IBM BladeCenter(config)#

3.Enter the username command with

•the user ID for which you need to change the password (in this case, USERID)

•the password keyword

•the new password that you want to apply to the user ID

to change the password of the user ID.

Example

IBM BladeCenter(config)# username USERID password n0accE$$

4.Enter the exit command with the all keyword to return to User Exec mode.

Example

IBM BladeCenter(config)# exit all

IBM BladeCenter>

Configure the System Clock

Configure your system clock immediately so that all system messages include accurate timestamps. You can configure the clock setting on the on-board Server Switch clock or you can synchronize your Server Switch to a network time protocol (NTP) server.

Set the On-board Clock

To configure the on-board clock, perform the following steps:

1.Enter the enable command to enter Privileged Exec mode.

Example

IBM BladeCenter> enable

IBM BladeCenter#

2.Enter the clock set command with

•the time of day in hh:mm:ss format

•the day in dd format

•the month in mm format

•the year in yy format

to set the on-board clock. The example that follows sets the date to 1:45 am on June 3rd, 2004.

Example

IBM BladeCenter# clock set 01:45:00 03 06 04