Time Protocols

SNTP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring

Enabling SNTP in Unicast Mode. Like broadcast mode, configuring SNTP for unicast mode enables SNTP. However, for Unicast operation, you must also specify the IPv4 or IPv6 address and priority (1 - 3) of at least one SNTP server. The switch allows up to three unicast servers. You can use the Menu interface or the CLI to configure one IPv4 server address or to replace an existing IPv4 Unicast server address with another. To add an IPv6 server address or any second or third server address, you must use the CLI. For more on SNTP operation with multiple servers, refer to “SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers” on page 9-25.

Syntax: timesync sntp

Selects SNTP as the time synchronization method.

Syntax: sntp unicast

Configures the SNTP mode for Unicast operation.

Syntax: sntp server priority < 1 - 3 > < ip-addr ipv6-addr> [ 1 - 7 ]

 

Specifies the SNTP server address, server priority, and

 

(optionally) the server version. The priority setting (1-3)

 

specifies the order in which the configured servers are polled

 

for getting the time.The server version range is 1-7 and the

 

default is 3.

 

Syntax: no sntp server < ip-addr ipv6-addr>

 

Deletes the specified SNTP server.

 

 

N o t e

Deleting an SNTP server when only one is configured disables SNTP unicast

 

operation.

 

For example, to select SNTP and configure it with unicast mode and an SNTP

 

 

server at 10.28.227.141 with a server priority of 2, default server version (3),

 

and default poll interval (720 seconds):

 

ProCurve(config)# timesync sntp

 

Selects SNTP.

 

ProCurve(config)# sntp unicast

 

Activates SNTP in Unicast mode.

 

ProCurve(config)# sntp server priority 2 10.28.227.141

 

Specifies the SNTP server with a priority of “2” and accepts the

 

current SNTP server version (default: 3).

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