Synchronizing the Local Time with an External Source

Perform the following steps to synchronize the local time of the principal or primary FCS device with the time of an external NTP server.

  1. Log on to the device using one of the following methods:
    • A serial console connection to the active CP blade. The active CP is indicated by an illuminated blue LED on the blade front panel.
    • A SSH session using the chassis management IP address.
  2. Log on to the device using admin . If you have not changed the default password, use password .
  3. Enter the tsClockServer ipaddr command.
The ipaddr variable represents the IP address of the NTP server that the device can access. This argument is optional; by default, the value is LOCL.
switch:admin> tsclockserver 192.0.2.0
Updating Clock Server configuration...done.
Updated with the NTP servers