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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.
Command or Action | Purpose | |
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Step 1 | UCS-A# scope system | Enters system mode. |
Step 2 | UCS-A /system # scope services | Enters system services mode. |
Step 3 | UCS-A /system/services # set timezone | |
Step 4 | 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. | |
Step 5 | 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. |
The following example configures the timezone to the Americas continent, United States country, and Pacific time zone region:
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 #
Command or Action | Purpose | |
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Step 1 | UCS-A# scope system | Enters system mode. |
Step 2 | UCS-A /system # scope services | Enters system services mode. |
Step 3 | UCS-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 4 | UCS-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
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 #
Command or Action | Purpose | |
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Step 1 | UCS-A# scope system | Enters system mode. |
Step 2 | UCS-A /system # scope services | Enters system services mode. |
Step 3 | UCS-A /system/services # delete ntp-server {hostname | ip-addr} | Deletes the specified NTP server. |
The following example deletes the NTP server with the IP address 192.168.200.101
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 #