Create an Energy Saver Schedule

About this task

Perform this procedure to configure scheduled time intervals during which the switch will operate in low power state. This time interval can be for a week, weekend, or individual days.

Note

You can configure a maximum of 84 entries in the Energy Saver schedule.

Before you begin

If you have previously enabled Energy Saver globally, you must disable it globally before creating a schedule.
If you have previously enabled Efficiency Mode, you must disable it before creating a schedule. You cannot change the default Efficiency Mode schedule entries when Efficiency Mode is enabled.
You must enable Energy Saver on every port affected by the schedule.

Procedure

Enter Global Configuration mode:

enable

configure terminal
Configure the Energy Saver schedule:

energy-saver schedule {friday | monday | saturday | sunday | thursday | tuesday | wednesday | weekday | weekend} <hhmm> {activate | deactivate}

Example

Configure an Energy Saver schedule:

Switch:1>enable
Switch:1# configure terminal
Switch:1(config)#energy-saver schedule weekend 0735 activate
Switch:1(config)#energy-saver schedule monday 0600 deactivate

What to do next

Enable Energy Saver globally.

Variable Definitions

The following table defines parameters for the energy-saver schedule command.


Variable	Value
{activate \| deactivate}	Activates or deactivates the scheduled event.
<hhmm>	Specifies the hour and minutes to enable Energy Saver feature on the switch.
{friday \| monday \| saturday \| sunday \| thursday \| tuesday \| wednesday \| weekday \| weekend}	Specifies the day(s) to enable Energy Saver feature on the switch.