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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 for Dell Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter6 Administering the Swi tc h Managing the System Time and Date
The switch can send or receive NTP broadcast packets on an interface-by-interface basis if there is an
NTP broadcast server, such as a router, broadcasting time information on the network. The switch can
send NTP broadcast packets to a peer so that the peer can synchr onize to it. The switch can also receive
NTP broadcast packets to synchronize its own clock. This section provides procedures fo r both sending
and receiving NTP broadcast packets.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure the switch to send NTP broadcast
packets to peers so that they can synchronize their clock to the switch:
To disable the interface from sending NTP broadcast packets, use the no ntp broadcast interface
configuration command.
This example shows how to configure a port to send NTP Version 2 packets:
Switch(config)# interface gigabitethernet1/0/1
Switch(config-if)# ntp broadcast version 2
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure the switch to receive NTP broadcast
packets from connected peers:
Command Purpose
Step1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step2 interface interface-id Specify the interface to send NTP broadcast packets, and enter
interface configuration mode.
Step3 ntp broadcast [version number] [key keyid]
[destination-address]Enable the interface to send NTP broadcast packets to a peer.
By default, this feature is disabled on all interfaces.
(Optional) For number, specify the NTP version number. The
range is 1 to 3. If you do not specify a version, Version 3 is used.
(Optional) For keyid, specify the authentication key to use when
sending packets to the peer.
(Optional) For destination-address, specify the IP address of the
peer that is synchronizing its clock to this switch.
Step4 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step5 show running-config Verify your entries.
Step6 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Step7 Configure the connected peers to receive NTP broadcast packets as
described in the next procedure.
Command Purpose
Step1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step2 interface interface-id Specify the interface to receive NTP broadcast pack ets, and enter interfac e
configuration mode.
Step3 ntp broadcast client Enable the interface to receive NTP broadcast packets.
By default, no interfaces receive NTP broadcast packets.
Step4 exit Return to global configuration mode.