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Catalyst 2928 Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 7 Administering the Switch
Managing the System Time and Date
Configuring NTP
The switch does not have a hardware-supported clock and cannot function as an NTP master clock to
which peers synchronize themselves when an external NTP source is not available. The switch also has
no hardware support for a calendar. As a result, the
ntp update-calendar
and the
ntp master
global
configuration commands are not available.
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Default NTP Configuration, page 7-4
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Configuring NTP Authentication, page 7-4
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Configuring NTP Associations, page 7-5
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Configuring NTP Broadcast Service, page 7-6
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Configuring NTP Access Restrictions, page 7-8
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Configuring the Source IP Address for NTP Packets, page 7-10
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Displaying the NTP Configuration, page 7-11
Default NTP Configuration
NTP is enabled on all interfaces by default. All interfaces receive NTP packets.
Configuring NTP Authentication
This procedure must be coordinated with the administrator of the NTP server; the information you
configure in this procedure must be matched by the servers used by the switch to synchronize its time to
the NTP server.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to authenticate the associations (communications
between devices running NTP that provide for accurate timekeeping) with other devices for security
purposes:
Table 7-1
Default NTP Configuration
Feature
Default Setting
NTP authentication
Disabled. No authentication key is specified.
NTP peer or server associations
None configured.
NTP broadcast service
Disabled; no interface sends or receives NTP broadcast packets.
NTP access restrictions
No access control is specified.
NTP packet source IP address
The source address is set by the outgoing interface.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
ntp authenticate
Enable the NTP authentication feature, which is disabled by
default.