Chapter 7 Administering the Switch

Managing the System Time and Date

These sections contain this configuration information:

Default NTP Configuration, page 7-4

Configuring NTP Authentication, page 7-4

Configuring NTP Associations, page 7-5

Configuring NTP Broadcast Service, page 7-6

Configuring NTP Access Restrictions, page 7-8

Configuring the Source IP Address for NTP Packets, page 7-10

Displaying the NTP Configuration, page 7-11

Default NTP Configuration

Table 7-1shows the default NTP configuration.

Table 7-1

Default NTP Configuration

 

 

 

Feature

 

Default Setting

 

 

NTP authentication

Disabled. No authentication key is specified.

 

 

NTP peer or server associations

None configured.

 

 

NTP broadcast service

Disabled; no interface sends or receives NTP broadcast packets.

 

 

NTP access restrictions

No access control is specified.

 

 

NTP packet source IP address

The source address is set by the outgoing interface.

 

 

 

NTP is enabled on all interfaces by default. All interfaces receive NTP packets.

Configuring NTP Authentication

This procedure must be coordinated with the administrator of the NTP server; the information you configure in this procedure must be matched by the servers used by the switch to synchronize its time to the NTP server.

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to authenticate the associations (communications between devices running NTP that provide for accurate timekeeping) with other devices for security purposes:

 

Command

Purpose

Step 1

 

 

configure terminal

Enter global configuration mode.

Step 2

 

 

ntp authenticate

Enable the NTP authentication feature, which is disabled by

 

 

default.

 

 

 

Catalyst 3750-E and 3560-E Switch Software Configuration Guide

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