Nortel Networks 2500 Series manual Following table describes the Sntp dialog box fields

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The following table describes the SNTP dialog box fields.

Table 125

SNTP_Clock dialog box fields

Field	Description
Primary	The IP address of the primary SNTP server.
Server
Address
Secondary	The IP address of the secondary SNTP server.
Server
Address
State	Controls whether the device uses the Simple Network Time
	Protocol (SNTP), to synchronize the device’s clock to the
	Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). If the value is disabled, the
	device cannot synchronize its clock using SNTP.
	If the value is unicast, the device synchronizes shortly after boot
	time when network access becomes available, and periodically
	thereafter.
SyncInterval	Controls the frequency, in hours, that the device attempts to
	synchronize with the NTP servers.
ManualSync	Specifies that the device to immediately attempt to synchronize
Request	with the NTP servers.
LastSync	Specifies the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when the
Time	device last synchronized with an NTP server.
LastSync	Specifies the IP source address of the NTP server with which
Source	this device last synchronized
NextSync	Specifies the the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) at which
Time	the next synchronization is scheduled.
PrimaryServe	Specifies the number of times the switch failed to synchronize
r Synch	with the primary server address. However, synchronization with
Failures	the secondary server address may still occur.
Seconda	Specifies the number of times the switch failed to synchronize
ryServer	with the secondary server address,
SynchFailures

CurrentTime

Specifies the switch’s current Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

ATTENTION

In order to clear out the PrimaryServerAddress and SecondaryServerAddress, you must first set the State to disabled.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series

Overview — System Configuration

NN47215-500 (323162-B) 02.02 Standard

4.1 19 November 2007

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