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68 HP StorageWorks 2/8q Fibre Channel Switch Management User Guide
Setting the date/time and NTP client
The Date/Time and Network Time Protocol (NTP) dialog box enables you to set the date and
time manually on a switch, or to enable NTP Client to synchronize the date and time on the
switch with an NTP server. Enabling the NTP client ensures the consistency of date and time
stamps in alarms and log entries. An Ethernet connection to an NTP server is required.
1. Select a switch in the topology display, and open the faceplate display.
2. Select Switch > Set Date/Time. The Switch Date/Time dialog box is displayed.
3. Choose one of the following:
— Enter the year, month, day and time in the Switch Date/Time dialog box, and then
click OK. The new date and time take effect immediately.
— Click NTP Client Enabled to enable the switch to synchronize its time with an NTP
server. Enter the IP address of the NTP server. Ethernet connection to NTP server is
required.
4. Click OK.
Resetting a switch
Resetting a switch reboots the switch using configuration parameters in memory. Depending
on the reset type, a switch reset may or may not include a Power On Self Test. Table 12
describes the types of switch resets.
1. Select the switch to be reset, and then open the faceplate display.
2. Select Switch > Reset Switch.
— Select Reset to perform a standard reset.
— Select Hard Reset to perform a hard reset.
Configuring a switch
Switch configuration is divided into areas:
■ Configuration wizard
■ Switch properties
■ Network properties
Switch properties specify switch-wide Fibre Channel settings and Network properties specify
Ethernet and SNMP settings.
Each of these configuration options are discussed in the following sections.
Table 12: Switch resets
Type Description
Reset without Power On Self
Test (POST)
Resets a switch without a Power On Self Test. This reset
activates the pending firmware and it is disruptive to switch
traffic.
Hard reset Resets a switch with a Power On Self Test. This reset activates
the pending firmware and it is disruptive to switch traffic.