Chapter 6 System configuration using the Console Interface 249System Configuration GuideSetting local time zoneSNTP uses Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) for all time synchronizations so itis not affected by different time zones. In order for the switch report the correcttime for your local time zone and daylight savings time, you must use thefollowing commands:• “clock time-zone” on page 294• “no clock time-zone” on page 295• “clock summer-time” on page 295• “no clock summer-time” on page 296• “show clock time-zone” on page 296• “show clock summer-time” on page 296Using DNS to ping and TelnetUsing the DNS client, you can ping or Telnet to a host server or to a host by name.To use this feature, you must configure at least one Domain Name Server (DNS);You may also configure a default domain name. If you configure a default domainname, that name is appended to host names that do not contain a dot. The defaultdomain name and addresses are saved in NVRAM.The host names for ping and Telnet cannot be longer than 63 alphanumericcharacters, and the default DNS domain name cannot be longer than 255characters.Configuring with CLIUse the CLI to configure the DNS client. Following are the commands used toconfigure the DNS client using the CLI.• show ip dns command• ping command• ip name-server command• no ip name-server command
