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Brocade 5300 configuration

Local time synchronization

You can synchronize the local time of the principal or primary fabric configuration server (FCS)

switch to a maximum of eight external network time protocol (NTP) servers. To keep the time in your

SAN current, it is recommended that the principal or primary FCS switch has its time synchronized

with at least one external NTP server. The other switches in the fabric will automatically take their

time from the principal or primary FCS switch.

All switches in the fabric maintain the current clock server value in non-volatile memory. By default,

this value is the local clock server <LOCL> of the principal or primary FCS switch. Changes to the

clock server value on the principal or primary FCS switch are propagated to all switches in the

fabric.

When a new switch enters the fabric, the time server daemon of the principal or primary FCS switch

sends out the addresses of all existing clock servers and the time to the new switch. If a switch with

v5.3.0 or later has entered the fabric it will be able to store the list and the active servers; pre-5.3.0

Fabric OS switches will ignore the new list parameter in the payload and will update only the active

server address.

If the active NTP server configured is IPv6, then distributing the same in the fabric will not be

possible to switches earlier than v5.3.0 because IPv6 is supported for Fabric OS version 5.3.0 and

later. The default value LOCL will be distributed to pre-5.3.0 switches.

The tsClockServer command accepts multiple server addresses in either IPv4, IPv6, or DNS name

formats. When multiple NTP server addresses are passed, tsclockserver sets the first obtainable

address as the active NTP server. The rest are stored as backup servers that can take over if the

active NTP server fails. The principal or primary FCS switch synchronizes its time with the NTP

server every 64 seconds.

Setting the date

1. Log into the switch using the default password, which is password.

2. Enter the date command, using the following syntax:

date "mmddHHMMyy"

The values are:

• mm is the month; valid values are 01 through 12.

• dd is the date; valid values are 01 through 31.

• HH is the hour; valid values are 00 through 23.

• MM is minutes; valid values are 00 through 59.

• yy is the year; valid values are 00 through 99 (values greater than 69 are interpreted as

1970 through 1999, and values less than 70 are interpreted as 2000-2069).

switch:admin> date

Fri Sep 29 17:01:48 UTC 2007

switch:admin> date "0927123007"

Thu Sep 27 12:30:00 UTC 2007

switch:admin>

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