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Configuring a multicast client
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter interface view
interface
interface-type
interface-number
Enter the interface used to
receive NTP multicast
messages.
Configure the device to work in
the NTP multicast client mode
ntp-service
multicast-client
[
ip-address
]
Required
Configuring the multicast server
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter interface view
interface
interface-type
interface-number
Enter the interface used to
send NTP multicast message.
Configure the device to
work in the NTP
multicast server mode
ntp-service
multicast-server
[
ip-address
] [
authentication-keyid
keyid
|
ttl
ttl-number
|
version
number
] *
Required
z
A multicast server can synchronize broadcast clients only after its clock has been synchronized.
z
You can configure up to 1024 multicast clients, among which 128 can take effect at the same time.
Configuring Optional Parameters of NTP
Specifying the Source Interface for NTP Messages
If you specify the source interface for NTP messages, the device sets the source IP address of the NTP
messages as the primary IP address of the specified interface when sending the NTP messages.
When the device responds to an NTP request received, the source IP address of the NTP response is
always the IP address of the interface that received the NTP request.
Following these steps to specify the source interface for NTP messages:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Specify the source
interface for NTP
messages
ntp-service
source-interface
interface-type
interface-number
Required
By default, no source interface is specified
for NTP messages, and the system uses
the IP address of the interface determined
by the matching route as the source IP
address of NTP messages.