NTP Configuration Task List

Complete the following tasks to configure NTP:

Task

Remarks

Configuring NTP Implementation Modes

Required

 

 

Configuring Access Control Right

Optional

 

 

Configuring NTP Authentication

Optional

 

 

Configuring Optional NTP Parameters

Optional

 

 

Displaying and Maintaining NTP Configuration

Optional

 

 

Configuring NTP Implementation Modes

The device can work in one of the following NTP modes:

z

z

z

z

Configuring NTP Server/Client Mode

Configuring the NTP Symmetric Peer Mode

Configuring NTP Broadcast Mode

Configuring NTP Multicast Mode

To protect unused sockets against attacks by malicious users and improve security, the device provides the following functions:

zUDP port 123 is opened only when the NTP feature is enabled.

zUDP port 123 is closed as the NTP feature is disabled.

These functions are implemented as follows:

zExecution of one of the ntp-service unicast-server,ntp-service unicast-peer,ntp-service broadcast-client,ntp-service broadcast-server,ntp-service multicast-client, and ntp-service multicast-server commands enables the NTP feature and opens UDP port 123 at the same time.

zExecution of the undo form of one of the above six commands disables all implementation modes of the NTP feature and closes UDP port 123 at the same time.

Configuring NTP Server/Client Mode

For devices working in the server/client mode, you only need to perform configurations on the clients, and not on the servers.

Follow these steps to configure an NTP client:

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