Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 3.0 for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM CLI Guide

Description

Sets the date and time on the CMC.

To use this subcommand, you must have the Administrator privilege.

Synopsis

• racadm setractime -d <yyyymmddhhmmss.mmmmmmsoff>
• racadm setractime -l YYYYMMDDhhmmss
• racadm setractime -z {?|timezone|timezone-prefix*}

Input

• -d — Sets the time to value in the string:

  — yyyy is the year

  — mm is the month

  — dd is the day

  — hh is the hour

  — mm is the minutes

  — ss is the seconds

  — mmmmmm is the number of microseconds

  — s is a + (plus) sign or a - (minus) sign, which indicates the sign of the offset.

  — off is the offset in minutes

• -z <zone> - Sets the time zone by name or index, or lists possible time zones. For example, PST8PDT (Western United States), 294 (Seoul), 344 (Sydney). <zone> may be:

  — <?> lists the major timezone names/prefixes.

  — <timezone> is the case-sensitive name of your timezone or the index listed by '-z timezone-prefix*'.

  — <timezone-prefix*> is a prefix of one or more timezones, followed by '*'.

• -l — Sets the local date and time in the string yyymmddhhmmss where:

  — yyyy is the year

  — mm is the month

  — dd is the day

  — hh is the hour

  — mm is the minute

  — ss is the second

  — Setting the time using the -l and -z options is recommended. This command format allows the CMC to fully support local time zones, including the ability to automatically adjust the CMC time to the local Daylight Savings Time.

Example

The setractime subcommand supports dates ranging from 1/1/1970 00:00:00 through 12/31/2030 23:59:59. To set the local time to October 24, 2007 at 3:02:30 PM:

racadm setractime -l 20071024150230 

The time was set successfully.