Switch time and date

[ayman emara]

Hi all,

Can any one tell me how to set the time and date on 3560 switches.

Best Regards,

Ayman Yehia

[Jon Marshall · Accepted solution]

207558867 wrote:
Hi all,
Can any one tell me how to set the time and date on 3560 switches.
Best Regards,
Ayman Yehia

Ayman

See this config guide for details -

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3560/software/release/12.2_44_se/configuration/guide/swadmin.html#wp1020905

Note though if you do it manually as above then when the system is restarted you need to reset the time again. This is because the 3560 does not have a hardware clock. Therefore NTP is a much better way to keep the time synchronised on your network devices that don't have hardware clocks -

3560 NTP config

Jon

[Ganesh Hariharan · Accepted solution]

Hi all,

Can any one tell me how to set the time and date on 3560 switches.

Best Regards,

Ayman Yehia

Hi Ayman,

The heart of the time service is the system clock. This clock runs from the moment the system starts up and keeps track of the date and time.The time remains accurate until the next system restart. As per the  recommendation says  use manual configuration only as a last resort. If you have an outside source to which the switch can synchronize (NTP), you do not need to manually set the system clock.

Following is the command to set clock manually on switches :-

Switch# clock set 13:32:00 23 July 2001

Hope to Help !!

Ganesh.H

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[ayman emara]

Thanks for your update

but can i now make the one of my core switches 6513 work as NTP server .??

and if it is possible does it affect the performance of the core or not ??

Thanks

Ayman Yehia

[Leo Laohoo]

If your core switch is synchronized then yes it's a good idea.  You don't need to configure the core switch just configure the switch with the command "ntp server [prefer]".

[Ganesh Hariharan]

Thanks for your update
but can i now make the one of my core switches 6513 work as NTP server .??
and if it is possible does it affect the performance of the core or not ??
Thanks
Ayman Yehia

Hi Ayman,

Following is the command to make the switch as ntp server for clients in your network and it wont affect any performance issue with 6500 series if it is configured as NTP server for clients.

HG1#clock set 00:00:00 1 Jan 2000
HG1#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
HG1(config)#ntp master 3

and at the clients end configure as

ntp server 10.x.x.x prefer (NTP servers if there are more)  ip address of the core switch which is reachble from network and ntp port needs to be opened that is 123.

Hope to Help !!

Ganesh.H

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[Faizi]

Hi,

How to set the date and time permanently in catalyst 3750?

[iniestha]

Hi there,

One of my client router 881 having date and time issue.

After rebooted, date and time is changed.

date and time was set manually on the router.

Kindly advice what is the resolution .

Thanks