272 Managing General System Settings
Configuring the Expansion Slots
Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following commands to 
configure and view information about the expansion slots and plug-in 
modules (cards).
clock summer-time 
date {
date month 
| 
month date
} 
year 
hh:mm 
{
date month
 | 
month dat
e} 
year 
hh:mm
 [offset 
offset
] 
[zone 
acronym
]
Use this command if the summer time does not start and 
end every year according to a recurring pattern. You can 
enter the month and then the date, or the date and then the 
month.
•
date
— Day of the month. (Range: 1-31.)
•
month
 — Month. (Range: The first three letters by name)
•
hh:mm
 — Time in 24-hour format in hours and minutes. 
(Range: hh: 0–23, mm: 0–59)
•
offset
 — Number of minutes to add during the 
summertime. (Range:1–1440)
•
acronym
 — The acronym for the time zone to be displayed 
when summertime is in effect. (Range: Up to four 
characters)
CTRL + Z Exit to Privileged EXEC mode.
show clock [detail] View information about the time. Include the detail 
keyword to view information about the time zone and 
summer time.
Command Purpose
configure Enter Global Configuration mode.
slot 
unit/slot cardindex
Configured the specified slot (1–2) to use the plug-in 
module identified by the 
cardindex
 number (CID). To 
view the CID associated with each plug-in module, use the 
show supported cardtype command.
CTRL + Z Exit to Privileged EXEC mode.
show slot Display status information about the expansion slots.
show supported cardtype Display information about the plug-in modules the switch 
supports.
Command Purpose