Nortel Networks 2500 Series manual Configuring with CLI, Setting local time zone

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The SNTP supports primary and secondary NTP servers. The system tries the secondary NTP server only if the primary NTP server is unresponsive.

Configuring with CLI

To use the CLI to configure the SNTP feature, use the following procedure:

Step Action

1Set the primary and secondary NTP server.

2Enable the SNTP.

3Display the UTC time.

4Optionally, to ensure the synchronization happens immediately, force a synchronization.

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Setting local time zone

The SNTP uses Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) for all time synchronizations so it is not affected by different time zones. For the switch to report the correct time for your local time zone and daylight savings time, you must use the following commands:

•"clock time-zone" (page 213)

•"no clock time-zone" (page 213)

•"clock summer-time" (page 213)

•"no clock summer-time" (page 214)

•"show clock time-zone" (page 214)

•Figure 75 "show clock summer-time" (page 215)

Using DNS to ping and Telnet

You can use the DNS client to ping or Telnet to a host server or to a host by name.

To use this feature, you must configure at least one Domain Name Server (DNS). You can also configure a default domain name. If you configure a default domain name, that name is appended to host names that do not contain a dot. The default domain name and addresses are saved in

NVRAM.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series

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4.1 19 November 2007

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