NTP Specifications

Configuring Network Time Protocol (NTP)

 

 

 

 

NTP Specifications

RFCs supported

1305–Network Time Protocol

Maximum number of NTP servers per client 3

NTP Defaults Table

The following table shows the default settings of the configurable NTP parameters.

NTP Defaults

Parameter Description

Command

Default Value/Comments

 

 

 

Specifies an NTP server from which

ntp server

version: 4

this switch will receive updates.

 

minpoll: 6

 

 

prefer: no

 

 

key: 0

 

 

 

Used to activate client

ntp client

disabled

 

 

 

Used to activate NTP client broad-

ntp broadcast

disabled

cast mode

 

 

 

 

 

Used to set the advertised broadcast

ntp broadcast-delay

4000 microseconds

delay, in microseconds.

 

 

 

 

 

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