Setting the Time on an InfiniBand Switch

To set the time on an InfiniBand switch:

Set the time zone, using the value shown in the Installation Template. The following commands display the current setting, change the time zone, and verify the new setting:
```
-> show /SP/clock 
-> set /SP/clock timezone=zone identifier
-> show /SP/clock
```
The Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant generates the Installation Template. See Using Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant.
Set the SP clock to the current time. Use the time format MMddHHmmCCyy, indicating the month, day, hour, minute, century, and year. The following commands display the current setting, change the time, and verify the new setting:
```
-> show /SP/clock
-> set /SP/clock datetime=MMddHHmmCCyy
-> show /SP/clock
```
Configure NTP. The following commands configure both the primary (1) and the secondary (2) NTP servers:
```
-> set /SP/clients/ntp/server/1 address=IP_address
-> set /SP/clients/ntp/server/2 address=IP_address
-> set /SP/clock usentpserver=enabled
```
Note:

If the network does not use NTP, then configure the first compute server (U16) as an NTP server before you install the software in Installing the Recovery Appliance Software.

Verify the IP address of the primary NTP server:

-> show /SP/clients/ntp/server/1
/SP/clients/ntp/server/1
   Targets:

   Properties:
      address = 10.204.74.2

   Commands:
      cd
      set
      show

Verify the IP address of the secondary NTP server:

-> show /SP/clients/ntp/server/2
/SP/clients/ntp/server/2
   Targets:

   Properties:
      address = 10.196.16.1
     .
     .
     .

Verify the time:

-> show /SP/clock
/SP/clock
   Targets:

   Properties:
      datetime = Mon Nov 04 11:53:19 2013
      timezone = EST (US/Eastern)
      usentpserver = enabled
     .
     .
     .