The HPE Alletra Storage ArcusOS device must record time stamps for audit records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis.

Time stamps generated by the application include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in UTC, a modern continuation of GMT, or local time with an offset from UTC.

Verify the time zone is configured with the following command:

cli% showdate

If the time zone field is not configured, this is a finding.

Identify the time zone group:

cli% setdate -tzlist

Identify the specific time zone in the selected group:

cli% setdate -tzlist <time zone group>

Configure the time zone with:

cli% setdate -tz <time zone group/location>

Verify the time zone is set with:

cli% showdate