1-8
Configuring a switch to work in the NTP broadcast server mode
Table 1-5
Configure a switch to work in the NTP broadcast server mode
Operation
Command
Description
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter VLAN interface view
interface
Vlan-interface
vlan-id
—
Configure the switch to work in
the NTP broadcast server
mode
ntp-service
broadcast-server
[
authentication-keyid
key-id
|
version
number
]*
Required
Not configured by default.
Configuring a switch to work in the NTP broadcast client mode
Table 1-6
Configure a switch to work in the NTP broadcast client mode
Operation
Command
Description
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter VLAN interface view
interface
Vlan-interface
vlan-id
—
Configure the switch to work in
the NTP broadcast client mode
ntp-service
broadcast-client
Required
Not configured by default.
Configuring NTP Multicast Mode
For switches working in the multicast mode, you need to configure both the server and clients. The
multicast server periodically sends NTP multicast messages to multicast clients. The switches working
in the NTP multicast client mode will respond to the NTP messages, so as to start the clock
synchronization.
A Switch 4210 can work as a multicast server or a multicast client.
z
Refer to
Table 1-7
for configuring a switch to work in the NTP multicast server mode.
z
Refer to
Table 1-8
for configuring a switch to work in the NTP multicast client mode.