Simple Network Management Protocol
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Setting the Time Zone
SNTP uses Coordinated Universal Time (or UTC, formerly Greenwich Mean Time,
or GMT) based on the time at the Earth’s prime meridian, zero deg rees longitude. To
display a time corresponding to your local time, you must indicate the num ber of
hours and minutes your time zone is east (before) or west (after) of UTC.
Command Attributes
•Current Time – Displays the current time.
•Name – Assigns a name to the time zone. (Range: 1-29 characters)
•Hours (0-12) – The number of hours before/after UTC.
•Minutes (0-59) – The number of minutes before/after UTC.
•Direction – Configures the time zone to be before (east) or after (west) UTC.
Web – Select SNTP, Clock Time Zone. Set the offset for your time zone relative to
the UTC, and click Apply.
Figure 3-20. Setting the System Clock
CLI - This example shows how to set the time zone for the system clock.
Simple Network Management Protocol Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a communication protocol
designed specifically for managing devices on a network. Equipmen t commonly
managed with SNMP includes switches, routers and host computers. SNMP is
typically used to configure these devices for proper operation in a network
environment, as well as to monitor them to evaluate performance or de tect potential
problems.
The switch includes an onboard SNMP agent that continuously monitors the status
of its hardware, as well as the traffic passing through its ports. A network
management station can access this information using software such as HP
OpenView. Access rights to the onboard agent are controlled by community strings.
To communicate with the switch, the management station must first submit a valid
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