Configuring HP DCE Cells

Configuring Cells Using dce_config

11.From the Initial Cell Configuration menu, choose Initial DTS Server:

selection: 3

S:****** Configuring initial DTS services

S:******Please wait for user authentication and

authorization...

S:****** Checking for active sec_client service...

DTS Configuration Menu

1.DTS Local Server

2.DTS Global Server (only in multi-LAN cells.)

3.DTS Clerk

4.DTS Time Provider

98.Return to previous menu

99.Exit

selection:

12.For servers on the same LAN, select the DTS Local Server:

selection: 1 (DTS Local Server)

For a discussion about the use of DTS global servers for time servers communicating between LANs, see the OSF DCE Administration Guide. Where appropriate, select the DTS global server:

selection: 2 (DTS Global Server)

Either selection starts the dts daemon ( dtsd).

13.Configure a DTS time provider on one of the time servers in a cell.

The DTS null time provider configures a system to trust its own clock as an accurate source of time. The DTS ntp provider obtains an accurate source of time from some other system outside the cell. The spectracom time provider uses a local hardware device as a time provider. See the OSF DCE Administration Guide for more information on time providers.

14.Select the DTS Time Provider:

selection: 4 (DTS Time Provider)

The following menu is displayed:

DTS Time Provider Menu

1.Configure a NULL time provider

2.Configure a NTP time provider

3.Configure a Spectracom time provider

98.Return to previous menu

99.Exit

selection:

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Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.7