IPv6 Management Features

SNTP and Timep

SNTP and Timep

Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the SNTP Mode

Software release K.13.01 enables configuration of a global unicast address for IPv6 SNTP time server.

This section lists the SNTP and related commands, including an example of using an IPv6 address. For the details of configuring SNTP on the switch, refer to the chapter titled “Time Protocols” in the Management and Configuration Guide for your switch.

The following commands are available at the global config level for SNTP operation.

Commands Affecting SNTP

Function

show sntp

Display the current SNTP configuration.

timesync < sntp timep >

Enable either SNTP or Timep as the time

 

synchronization method on the switch without

 

affecting the configuration of either.

[no] timesync

Enable time synchronization. (Requires a timesync

 

method to also be enabled.) The no version disable

 

time synchronization without affecting the

 

configuration of the current time synchronization

 

method.)

[no]sntp

Enables SNTP with the current SNTP configuration.

 

The no version disables SNTP without changing the

 

current SNTP configuration.

sntp < unicast broadcast > sntp < 30 - 720 >

Configures the SNTP mode. (Default: Broadcast)

Changes the interval between time requests. (Default: 720 seconds)

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