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DELL CONFIDENTIAL – PRELIMINARY 9/13/06 – FOR PROOF ONLY
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The
sntp server
Global Configuration mode command configures the device to use the Simple
Network Time Protocol (SNTP) to request and accept SNTP traffic from a specified server. To
remove a server from the list of SNTP servers, use the
no
form of this command.
Syntax
sntp server
{
ip-address
|
hostname
}
[
poll
] [
key
keyid
]
no sntp server
{ip address | hostname}
•
ip-address
— IP address of the server.
•
hostname —
Hostname of the server. (Range: 1-158 characters)
•
poll
—
Enable polling.
•
keyid —
Authentication key to use when sending packets to this peer.
(Range:1-4294967295)
Default Configuration
No servers are defined.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
•
Up to 8 SNTP servers can be defined.
•
Use the
sntp unicast client enable
Global Configuration mode command to enable
predefined unicast clients globally.
•
To enable polling you should also use the
sntp unicast client poll
Global Configuration mode
command for global enabling.
•
Polling time is determined by the
sntp client poll timer
Global Configuration mode
command.
Examples
The following example configures the device to accept SNTP traffic from the server on
192.1.1.1.
Console(config)#
sntp server
192.1.1.1
