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Managing Time Zones

This chapter includes the following sections:

Time Zones

Cisco UCS requires an instance-specific time zone setting and an NTP server to ensure the correct time display in Cisco UCS Manager. If you do not configure both of these settings in a Cisco UCS instance, the time does not display correctly.

Setting the Time Zone

Procedure
 Command or ActionPurpose
Step 1UCS-A# scope system  

Enters system mode.

 
Step 2UCS-A /system # scope services  

Enters system services mode.

 
Step 3UCS-A /system/services # set timezone  

At this point, you are prompted to enter a number corresponding to your continent, country, and time zone region. Enter the appropriate information at each prompt.

When you have finished specifying the location information, you are prompted to confirm that the correct time zone information is being set. Enter 1 (yes) to confirm, or 2 (no) to cancel the operation.

 
Step 4UCS-A /system/services # commit-buffer  

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

 
Step 5UCS-A /system/services # exit  

Enters system mode.

 
Step 6UCS-A /system/services # exit  

Enters EXEC mode.

 
Step 7UCS-A /system/services # show timezone  

Displays the configured timezone.

 

The following example configures the timezone to the Pacific time zone region, commits the transaction, and displays the configured timezone: 

UCS-A# scope system
UCS-A /system # scope services
UCS-A /system/services # set timezone
Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.
Please select a continent or ocean.
1) Africa            4) Arctic Ocean     7) Australia       10) Pacific Ocean
2) Americas          5) Asia             8) Europe
3) Antarctica        6) Atlantic Ocean   9) Indian Ocean
#? Artic ocean
Please enter a number in range.
#? 2
Please select a country.
 1) Anguilla              18) Ecuador               35) Paraguay
 2) Antigua & Barbuda     19) El Salvador           36) Peru
 3) Argentina             20) French Guiana         37) Puerto Rico
 4) Aruba                 21) Greenland             38) St Kitts & Nevis
 5) Bahamas               22) Grenada               39) St Lucia
 6) Barbados              23) Guadeloupe            40) St Pierre & Miquelon
 7) Belize                24) Guatemala             41) St Vincent
 8) Bolivia               25) Guyana                42) Suriname
 9) Brazil                26) Haiti                 43) Trinidad & Tobago
10) Canada                27) Honduras              44) Turks & Caicos Is
11) Cayman Islands        28) Jamaica               45) United States
12) Chile                 29) Martinique            46) Uruguay
13) Colombia              30) Mexico                47) Venezuela
14) Costa Rica            31) Montserrat            48) Virgin Islands (UK)
15) Cuba                  32) Netherlands Antilles  49) Virgin Islands (US)
16) Dominica              33) Nicaragua
17) Dominican Republic    34) Panama
#? 45
Please select one of the following time zone regions.
 1) Eastern Time
 2) Eastern Time - Michigan - most locations
 3) Eastern Time - Kentucky - Louisville area
 4) Eastern Time - Kentucky - Wayne County
 5) Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - most locations
 6) Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - Crawford County
 7) Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - Starke County
 8) Eastern Standard Time - Indiana - Switzerland County
 9) Central Time
10) Central Time - Michigan - Wisconsin border
11) Central Time - North Dakota - Oliver County
12) Mountain Time
13) Mountain Time - south Idaho & east Oregon
14) Mountain Time - Navajo
15) Mountain Standard Time - Arizona
16) Pacific Time
17) Alaska Time
18) Alaska Time - Alaska panhandle
19) Alaska Time - Alaska panhandle neck
20) Alaska Time - west Alaska
21) Aleutian Islands
22) Hawaii
#? 16

The following information has been given:

        United States
        Pacific Time

Therefore timezone 'America/Los_Angeles' will be set.
Local time is now:      Fri May 15 07:39:25 PDT 2009.
Universal Time is now:  Fri May 15 14:39:25 UTC 2009.
Is the above information OK?
1) Yes
2) No
#? 1
UCS-A /system/services* # commit-buffer
UCS-A /system/services # exit
UCS-A /system # exit
UCS-A# show timezone
Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (Pacific Time)
UCS-A#

Configuring an NTP Server

Procedure
 Command or ActionPurpose
Step 1UCS-A# scope system  

Enters system mode.

 
Step 2UCS-A /system # scope services  

Enters system services mode.

 
Step 3UCS-A /system/services # create ntp-server {hostname | ip-addr}  

Configures the system to use the NTP server with the specified hostname or IP address.

 
Step 4UCS-A /system/services # commit-buffer  

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

 

The following example configures an NTP server with the IP address 192.168.200.101 and commits the transaction: 

UCS-A# scope system
UCS-A /system # scope services
UCS-A /system/services # create ntp-server 192.168.200.101
UCS-A /system/services* # commit-buffer
UCS-A /system/services #

Deleting an NTP Server

Procedure
 Command or ActionPurpose
Step 1UCS-A# scope system  

Enters system mode.

 
Step 2UCS-A /system # scope services  

Enters system services mode.

 
Step 3UCS-A /system/services # delete ntp-server {hostname | ip-addr}  

Deletes the NTP server with the specified IP address.

 

The following example deletes the NTP server with the IP address 192.168.200.101 and commits the transaction:

UCS-A# scope system
UCS-A /system # scope services
UCS-A /system/services # delete ntp-server 192.168.200.101
UCS-A /system/services* # commit-buffer
UCS-A /system/services #

Setting the System Clock Manually

Procedure
 Command or ActionPurpose
Step 1UCS-A# scope system  

Enters system mode.

 
Step 2UCS-A /system # scope services  

Enters system services mode.

 
Step 3UCS-A /system/services # set clock mon date year hour min sec  

Configures the system clock.

 
Step 4UCS-A /system/services # commit-buffer  

Commits the transaction to the system configuration.

 

The following example configures the system clock and commits the transaction: 

UCS-A# scope system
UCS-A /system # scope services
UCS-A /system/services # set clock apr 14 2010 15 27 00
UCS-A /system/services* # commit-buffer
UCS-A /system/services #