Configuring the Time and Date in Gaia Portal

Important - On Scalable Platforms (ElasticXL, Maestro, and Chassis), you must connect to the Gaia Portal of the applicable Security Group.

Configuring the Time and Date manually

Step	Instructions
1	From the navigation tree, click System Management > Time.
2	Click Set Time and Date.
3	Click Set Time and Date manually.
4	Enter the time and date in the applicable fields.
5	Click OK.

Best Practice - For redundancy, configure more than one NTP server, or configure an NTP Pool.

Step	Instructions
1	From the navigation tree, click System Management > Time.
2	Click Set Time and Date.
3	Click Set Time and Date automatically using Network Time Protocol (NTP).
4	Click Add.
5	In the Type field, select Server.
6	In the Address field, enter the Hostname or IP address of the NTP server.
7	In the Version field, select the NTP version of this server.
8	Click Save.
9	If you have two or more NTP servers / pools configured, then in the Preferred Server field, select the applicable NTP server / pool.
10	Click OK.

Best Practice - For redundancy, configure an NTP Pool.

An NTP Pool uses one IP address to represent a group of NTP servers.

Step	Instructions
1	From the navigation tree, click System Management > Time.
2	Click Set Time and Date.
3	Click Set Time and Date automatically using Network Time Protocol (NTP).
4	Click Add.
5	In the Type field, select Pool.
6	In the Address field, enter the Hostname or IP address of the NTP pool.
7	In the Version field, select the NTP version of this pool.
8	Click Save.
9	If you have two or more NTP pools / servers configured, then in the Preferred Server/Pool field, select the applicable NTP pool / server.
10	Click OK.

Editing a configured NTP Server / NTP Pool

Step	Instructions
1	From the navigation tree, click System Management > Time.
2	Click Set Time and Date.
3	Click Set Time and Date automatically using Network Time Protocol (NTP).
4	Click the applicable entry.
5	Click Edit.
6	Configure the applicable settings.
7	Click Save.
8	Click OK.

Deleting a configured NTP Server / NTP Pool

Step	Instructions
1	From the navigation tree, click System Management > Time.
2	Click Set Time and Date.
3	Click Set Time and Date automatically using Network Time Protocol (NTP).
4	Click the applicable entry.
5	Click Remove.
6	Click Yes to confirm.
7	Click OK.

Configuring the Time Zone

Step	Instructions
1	From the navigation tree, click System Management > Time.
2	Click Set Time Zone.
3	Select the time zone from the list.
4	Click OK.