Configuring Network Time Protocol (NTP)

NTP Quick Steps

 

 

 

 

NTP Quick Steps

The following steps are designed to show the user the necessary commands to set up NTP on an OmniSwitch:

1Designate an NTP server for the switch using the ntp server command. The NTP server provides the switch with its NTP time information. For example:

-> ntp server 1.2.5.6

2Activate the client side of NTP on the switch using the ntp client command. For example:

-> ntp client enable

3You can check the server status using the show ntp server status command, as shown:

-> show ntp server status IP address = 1.2.5.6 Prefer = yes

Version = 4 Key = 0 Stratum = 2 Minpoll = 6 Maxpoll = 10

Delay = 0.016 seconds Offset = -0.700 seconds Dispersion = 0.017 seconds

4You can check the list of servers associated with this client using the show ntp client server-listcommand as shown:

->

show ntp client server-list

 

 

 

 

IP

Address

Ver Key

St

Delay

Offset

Disp

================+===+=======+====+==========+=================+==========

1.2.5.6

4

0

2

0.06

-0.673

0.017

5You can check the client configuration using the show ntp client command, as shown:

-> show ntp client

 

 

Current time:

MON APR 05 2004

17:44:54 (UTC)

Last NTP update:

MON APR 05 2004

17:30:54

Client mode:

enabled

 

Broadcast client mode:

disabled

 

Broadcast delay (microseconds):

4000

 

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