Netgear GS728TP – 28PT GE POE SMART SWITCH Administrator's Guide

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Configuring System Information 
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 GS752TP, GS728TP, and GS728TPP Gigabit Smart Switches
The following screen displays:
 
2. 
Next to the Clock Source, select Local.
3. 
In the Date field, enter the date in the DD/MM/YYYY format.
4. 
In the Time field, enter the time in HH:MM:SS format.
Note:
If you do not enter a date and time, the switch calculates the date and 
time using the CPU’s clock cycle.
When the clock source is set to Local, the Time Zone Offset field is disabled.
5. 
Click APPLY to send the updated configuration to the switch. 
Configuration changes take effect immediately. 
To configure the time through SNTP:
1. 
Next to the Clock Source, select SNTP.
When the clock source is set to SNTP, the Date and Time fields are disabled. The switch 
gets the date and time from the network.
2. 
In the Time Zone Offset list, select the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time zone in 
which the switch is located, expressed as the number of hours. 
3. 
Use the SNTP Server Configuration screen to configure the SNTP server settings.
4. 
Click APPLY to send the updated configuration to the switch. 
Configuration changes take effect immediately.
The SNTP Global Status table on the Time Configuration screen displays information about 
the system’s SNTP client.