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C H A P T E R 5 Intel® NetStructure™ 7190 Multi-Site Traffic Director User Guide

Command	Description
settime	Use this command to configure the date and time of the 7190. One way
NOTE: Flash does	to configure this is by using the Network Time Protocol (NTP). The user
	is prompted if NTP should be used, and is then prompted for IP
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	addresses of the NTP servers. Be sure that the selected NTP servers are
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	a reliable source for NTP time and that the NTP server latency is less
configured.
	than 20 milliseconds. If NTP is not used, then the date and time are
	configured manually.
	When you say no for “Use NTP?” the setdate prompts are displayed.
	When you specify yes, you are prompted for the NTP server address(es).
	Example:
	monitor>settime
	Use NTP? [y] --->n
	Warning: Load Balancing Method FLASH will not work
	without NTP
	The current time is now: Wed Jan 12 20:23:53 2000
	Enter the year (YYYY): [2000] --->
	Enter the month (MM): [01] --->
	Enter the day (DD): [12] --->
	Enter the hour (HH): [20] --->
	Enter the minute (MM): [23] --->
	Enter the seconds (SS): [53] --->
	Wed Jan 12 20:23:53 2000
	Network Initialization...
	Application Initialization...
	monitor>settime
	Use NTP? [y] --->y
	Enter Name or IP address of NTP server: []
	Enter an additional IP address of an NTP server or
	<return> to end [] --->209.218.240.1
	Enter an additional IP address of an NTP server or
	<return> to end [] --->
	monitor>
	When logging in to CLI, system date/time is displayed. If NTP is enabled
	and operational, NTP information is also be displayed.
	Boot Monitor Command Reference

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