Extreme 3804 User Guide

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Summit24e3 Switch Installation and User Guide
Managing the Switch
NTP queries are first sent to the primary server. If the primary server does not respond within 1 
second, or if it is not synchronized, the switch queries the secondary server (if one is configured). If 
the switch cannot obtain the time, it restarts the query process. Otherwise, the switch waits for the 
sntp-client update interval
 before querying again.
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Optionally, the interval for which the SNTP client updates the real-time clock of the switch can be 
changed using the following command:
config sntp-client update-interval <seconds>
The default 
sntp-client update-interval
 value is 64 seconds.
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You can verify the configuration using the following commands:
show sntp-client
This command provides configuration and statistics associated with SNTP and its connectivity to 
the NTP server. 
show switch
This command indicates the GMT offset, Daylight Savings Time, and the current local time.
NTP updates are distributed using GMT time. To properly display the local time in logs and other 
timestamp information, the switch should be configured with the appropriate offset to GMT based on 
geographical location. Table 18 describes GMT offsets.
Table 18: Greenwich Mean Time Offsets
GMT 
Offset in 
Hours
GMT Offset 
in Minutes
Common Time Zone 
References
Cities
+0:00
+0
GMT - Greenwich Mean
UT or UTC - Universal 
(Coordinated) 
WET - Western European 
London, England; Dublin, Ireland; 
Edinburgh, Scotland; Lisbon, 
Portugal; Reykjavik, Iceland; 
Casablanca, Morocco 
-1:00
-60
WAT - West Africa 
Azores, Cape Verde Islands
-2:00
-120
AT - Azores 
-3:00
-180
Brasilia, Brazil; Buenos Aires, 
Argentina; Georgetown, Guyana; 
-4:00
-240
AST - Atlantic Standard
Caracas; La Paz 
-5:00
-300
EST - Eastern Standard
Bogota, Columbia; Lima, Peru; 
New York, NY, Trevor City, MI 
USA
-6:00
-360
CST - Central Standard
Mexico City, Mexico 
-7:00
-420
MST - Mountain Standard
Saskatchewan, Canada
-8:00
-480
PST - Pacific Standard
Los Angeles, CA, Cupertino, CA, 
Seattle, WA USA
-9:00
-540
YST - Yukon Standard
-10:00
-600
AHST - Alaska-Hawaii Standard 
CAT - Central Alaska 
HST - Hawaii Standard
-11:00
-660
NT - Nome
-12:00
-720
IDLW - International Date Line 
West