22 Avocent PM PDU Installer/User Guide
certificate as needed. If communication with the DSView 3 software is lost, the DSView 3 server
will be unable to clear the certificate and the PM PDU cannot be used. Click the Clear DSView 3
Certificate button to configure the PM PDU in Trust All mode.
To configure DSView 3 software security settings:
1. Select System - Security - DSV
iew 3.
2. Click the Allow ap
pliance to be managed by DSView 3 checkbox and click Save.
Date and Time
The PM PDU provides two options for setting the date and time. It can retrieve the date and time
from a network time protocol (NTP) server, or you can set the date and time manually so that the
PM PDU’s internal clock is used to provide time and date information.
NOTE: The Current Time displayed in the Date & Time screen shows only the time when the screen was
opened. It does not continue to update in real time.
To set the time and date using NTP:
1. Click System
- Date And Time.
2. Select Enabl
e network time protocol.
3. Enter the NTP server site of
your choice and click Save.
To set the time and date manually:
1. Click System
- Date And Time.
2. Select Set manual
ly.
3. Using the drop-down menus, select the required date and time and click Save.
T
o set the time zone using a pred
efined time zone:
1. Click System - Date And Time - Time Zone.
2.
Select Predefined.
3.
Select the required time zone from the drop-down menu and click Save.
T
o define custom time zone settings:
1. Click System- Date And Time - Time Zone.
2.
Select Define T
ime Zone.
3. Enter the Time Zone Name and Standard Time Acronym of your choice.
4. Enter the GMT Offset.
5. Select Enabl
e daylight savings time if needed.
6. Select or enter the required values for daylight
savings time settings and click Save.
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