2-34 Dell PowerVault 720N, 740N, and 760N System Administrator and Command Reference Guide
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To s et t he timed options so that you can synchronize filer time, perform the following
steps:
1. Turn on the timed daemon by entering the following command:
options timed.enable on
2. If desired, turn on console logging of time changes initiated by the timed dae-
mon by entering the following command:
options timed.log on
3. Specify the maximum discrepancy allowed before time is not synchronized by
entering the following command:
options timed.max_skew
nu
n
is the number of units (specified by u).
u
is one of the following
s for seconds
m for minutes
h for hours
The default is 30m, which stands for 30 minutes.
4. Specify a protocol by entering the following command:
options timed.proto
protocol
protocol
is one of the following:
rdate for the protocol used by the rdate command
ntp for SNTP
The default is ntp.
5. Specify a synchronization schedule by entering the following command:
options timed.sched
schedule
schedule
is one of the following:
hourly to synchronize hourly
multihourly to synchronize every six hours
daily to synchronize every day at midnight
a number followed by m to specify an interval of minutes or h to specify an
interval of hours
The default is hourly.