Time Settings

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Define the date and time for the server, or identify any NTP servers that will provide those date and time values, and specify regional settings.

Note: The Data Center Expert server must reboot before a change to any setting can take effect.

Date and Time

Enable Data Center Expert as NTP Server

Select whether a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server you specify provides the date and time values for the Data Center Expert server; otherwise, these values are defined by the Date and Time elements or Use Client Time.

Use Remote NTP Server Time

When selected, a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server you specify provides the date and time values for the Data Center Expert server; otherwise, these values are defined by the Date and Time elements or Use Client Time.

Set NTP Time Manually

When selected, the NTP time is provided by the Date and Time elements or Use Client Time.

NTP Server 1 - 3

Identify the IP address or hostname of at least one NTP server, when Use Remote NTP Server Time is selected.

Date

Define the date the server will use, when EnableData Center Expert as NTP Server is not selected, or when EnableData Center Expert as NTP Server and Set NTP Time Manually are selected.

Time

Define the time the server will use, when EnableData Center Expert as NTP Server is not selected, or when Enable Data Center Expert as NTP Server and Set NTP Time Manually are selected.

Use Client Time

Click to use your client time and date settings at the server, when EnableData Center Expert as NTP Server is not selected, or when Enable Data Center Expert as NTP Server and Set NTP Time Manually are selected.

Calendar

Displays the current date, and can be used to define that date, when EnableData Center Expert as NTP Server is not selected, or when Enable Data Center Expert as NTP Server and Set NTP Time Manually are selected.

Regional Settings

Server Locale

Select the language the Data Center Expert server will use for messages, such as e-mails. By default, the server uses the language associated with the Server Time Zone setting, or English (U.S.), if the associated language is not supported.

Note: The server's measurements (metric or US standard) and date formats will be matched to the formats commonly used at the selected locale.

Use 24-hour Time on Server

Select to have the Data Center Expert server use a 24-hour clock.

Server Time Zone

Select the time zone in which the Data Center Expert server is located.