Configuring Time Settings

The Global Management System (GMS) user interface (UI) is similar to the standard SonicWALL appliance UI. However, SonicWALL GMS offers the ability to push configuration settings to a single SonicWALL appliance, a group of SonicWALL appliances, or all SonicWALL appliances being managed by the SonicWALL GMS.

To change time settings on one or more SonicWALL appliances, complete the following steps:

1	Expand the System tree and click Time. The Time page displays.

 

2	Select the Time Zone of the appliance(s) from the Time Zone field.

3	To configure the SonicWALL(s) to automatically adjust their clocks for Daylight Savings Time, select Automatically Adjust Clock for Daylight Savings Changes.

4	To configure the SonicWALL(s) to use Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) instead of local time, select Display UTC in Logs Instead of Local Time.

5	To configure the SonicWALL(s) to display the time in the international time format, select Display Time in International Format.

6	To configure the SonicWALL(s) to only use custom NTP servers, select Only use custom NTP servers.

7	Select from the following:

•	To manually configure the time and date, make sure Use NTP to set time automatically is deselected. The SonicWALL appliance(s) automatically uses the time settings of the SonicWALL GMS agent.

•	To configure the SonicWALL(s) to automatically set the local time using Network Time Protocol (NTP), select Use NTP to set time automatically, then set the update interval.

8	When you are finished, click Update. A task gets scheduled to apply the new settings for each selected appliance.

9	To clear all screen settings and start over, click Reset.

NOTE: If you are not using NTP for the appliance, then GMS configures the time of the appliance to be identical to the time of the GMS Agent pushing the configuration to the appliance (after adjusting for any time zone differences).

10	If you do not want to use the SonicWALL appliance's internal NTP list, you can add your own NTP list. To add an NTP server, click the Add NTP Server link. A pop-up window displays:

11	Enter the IP address or FQDN of the remote NTP server. A task gets scheduled to add the NTP server to each selected SonicWALL appliance.

12	From the NTP Server drop-down menu, select No Auth or MD5, depending on your deployment. If you selected an auth type, enter the trust key number, key number, and password.

13	Click OK, the newly added server is populated in the NTP Servers list. Multiple servers can be added by clicking Add NTP Server.

14	A search function is available for NTP Servers. Select your search criteria in the NTP Server Search section, then click Search. A list of servers that match your criteria will display. From here you can edit the server settings or delete unwanted servers from the list.