System Time
Set the switch date and time
System > System Time
1. Log into your switch management page (see “Access your switch management page”
on page 5).
2. Click on System, and click on System Time.
3. Review the settings. Click Apply to save changes.
• Clock Mode - Displays if system time and date is set manually Local Time or
obtained automatically from a network time server SNTP.
• Current Time – Displays the current system time and date.
• Time Zone – Displays the current system time zone.
• Clock Mode: Select Local Time to manually configure your date and time
settings or select SNTP to configure your switch to automatically obtain
settings from a network time server.
o Local Time – Allows you to manually set the time settings. If selecting
this option, under Local Time Settings, manually enter your date and
time settings.
▪ Date Settings – Enter your date settings (YYYY/MM/DD).
▪ Time Settings – Enter your time settings (HH:MM:SS)
o SNTP – Allows you to configure your switch to pull time and date
settings automatically from a network time server. If selecting this
option, under Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Settings, enter
your time server settings.
Note: Please note that in order for the switch to communicate to
Internet SNTP time servers, the switch must have valid IPv4/IPv6
address settings including a default gateway address for Internet
access. Additionally, if using a domain name, the switch must be
configured with valid DNS server settings in order to resolve
host/domain names.
▪ SNTP Primary Server – Enter the primary network time server
IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or Domain Name.
▪ SNTP Secondary Server – Enter the secondary network time
server IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or Domain Name.
▪ SNTP Poll Interval – Enter the interval time when your switch
will update the time and date settings with the time server.
▪ Time Zone – Click the drop-down list to select your time zone.
Additionally, you can set your Daylight Savings Time.
• Additional Time Parameters – Allows you to configure additional Daylight
Saving Time parameters.
▪ Daylight Savings Time Status: Click the drop-down list to
enable or disable Daylight Savings.
▪ From: Set the daylight savings start date and time.
▪ To: Set the daylight savings end date and time.