Nortel NAC User Manual

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10 What’s new in NAC 2.5Time and year modificationsStandard 1.0 Network Administration Center November 1998User Guide SupplementTime and year modificationsIntroduction This section describes the modifications made to some of theNAC 2.5 fields, which provide information about the time oryear. These fields appear during the installation or upgradeprocedure.Modified timemessagesDuring a NAC software installation or upgrade, the systemoccasionally displays the amount of time required to complete atask. When the system formats the hard disk drive and createsfile systems, it indicates that the task could take about 30minutes. In NAC 2.5, the system message now indicates that thetask could take between 30 to 60 minutes.The message appears as follows:***> Formatting root file system’s disk drive(TIME)This will take about 30 to 60 minutes...This message appears in the Network Administration Center(NAC) Installation Guide (NTP 553-4011-110), “New softwareinstallations” chapter, page 6-12. It also appears in the“Software reinstallations and upgrades” chapter, page 8-13.EST referenceremovedPrior to NAC 2.5, you entered the time as Eastern StandardTime (EST) during an installation or upgrade procedure. InNAC 2.5, you enter the local time instead of the EST. Thereference to EST no longer appears on the installation andupgrade screens.Enter year in“yyyy” formatPrior to NAC 2.5, you entered the year in “yy” format during aninstallation or upgrade procedure. In NAC 2.5, you enter theyear in “yyyy” format.