Chapter 8 System

Configure the X family device for NTP Servers

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From the LSM menu, select System > Configuration > Time Options.

On the Time Options page in the Time Zone table, click NTP protocol.

Type the Server host IP address and port for the NTP server. Then, click Add to table below.

You can add multiple NTP server hosts.

In the Duration field, type the interval at which the X family device will check the time server (in minutes).

A zero value will cause time to be checked once on boot.

In the Offset field, type the allowable time difference between the server time and the current time.

If the difference between the new time and the current time is equal to or greater than the offset, the device accepts the new time. Type zero to force the time to change every time the device synchronizes with the server.

In the Fast Sync field, type 1 to allow the device to trust the NTP server after the first time query and immediately update the time.

For more accurate time synchronization, type 0 to disable the Fast Sync option.

For each symmetric NTP server peer, type the Peer Host and Port. Then, click Add to table below.

Click Apply.

Time Zones

Use the Time Zone configuration option to specify the X family device time zone. The default time zone for the device is Universal Time (UTC or Greenwich Mean Time). If you change the default, the LSM logs will display time data based on the specified time zone.

Set the Time Zone for the Device

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From the LSM menu, select System > Configuration > Time Options.

On the Time Options page in the Time Zone table, select the correct Timezone from the drop down list.

Click the check box to Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes.

Click Apply.

SMS/NMS

From a TippingPoint SMS, you can remotely monitor and manage X family devices. When an SMS is managing the device, you can view, manage, and edit the device configuration, and review logs and reports. You can also configure security zones and security policy (firewall rules, IPS filters, and traffic threshold filters) from the SMS and distribute the configuration to multiple X family devices.

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