Changing Time Zone and Configuring NTP Server

This section describes how to change the time zone and how to configure the NTP Network Time Protocol. NTP is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computers over a network. server.

Changing Time Zone

To change the time zone:

  1. Go to the Collector CLI.
  2. In the Enter option field, enter 5 (Change Timezone/NTP) and press Enter.
  3. In the Enter option field, enter 1 (Change Timezone) and press Enter. A list of regions and their corresponding numbers are displayed. The following list is an example of regions that are displayed:

    1 - Africa 2 - America 3 - Antarctica 4 - Arctic 5 - Asia 6 - Atlantic 7 - Australia ... Select region:

  4. In the Select region field, enter the number that corresponds to the region you want to select and press Enter.
    For example, to select the Asia region enter 5.

    The time zones for the selected region are displayed.

  5. In the Select timezone field, enter the number that corresponds to the time zone you want to select and press Enter. A message is displayed that the time zone was configured.
  6. Press Enter.
  7. In the Enter option field, enter m (Main Menu) and press Enter.

Configuring NTP Server

To configure a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server:

  1. Go to the Collector CLI.
  2. In the Enter option field, enter 5 (Change Timezone/NTP) and press Enter.
  3. In the Enter option field, enter 2 (Configure NTP) and press Enter.
  4. In the NTP Server field, enter the NTP server hostname and press Enter. A message is displayed that the NTP server is configured.
  5. Press Enter.
  6. In the Enter option field, enter m (Main Menu) and press Enter.