The SNTP Global Settings page contains the following fields:
•Poll Interval
•Receive Broadcast Servers Updates — Listens to the SNTP servers for Broadcast server time information on the selected interfaces, when enabled.
•Receive Anycast Servers Updates — Polls the SNTP server for Anycast server time information, when enabled. If both the Receive Anycast Servers Update, and the Receive Broadcast Servers Update fields are enabled, the system time is set according the Anycast server time information.
•Receive Unicast Servers Updates — Polls the SNTP server for Unicast server time information, when enabled. If the Receive Broadcast Servers Updates, Receive Anycast Servers Updates, and the Receive Unicast Servers Updates fields are all enabled, the system time is set according the Unicast server time information.
•Poll Unicast Requests — Sends SNTP Unicast server time information requests to the SNTP server, when enabled.
Defining SNTP Global Settings
1Open the SNTP Global Settings page.
2Define the fields.
3Click Apply Changes.
The SNTP configuration changes are applied.
Defining SNTP Global Settings Using CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for setting fields displayed in the SNTP Global Settings page.
Table
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sntp broadcast client enable | Enables SNTP broadcast clients |
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sntp anycast client enable | Enables SNTP anycast clients |
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sntp unicast client enable | Enables SNTP predefined unicast clients |
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The following is an example of the CLI commands:
console(config)# sntp anycast client enable
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