Operation Manual – NTP
Quidway S3100 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 NTP Configuration
Huawei Technologies Proprietary
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Note:
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The total number of the servers and peers configured for a switch can be up to 128.
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After the configuration, the S3100 series switch does not establish connections with
the peer if it operates in NTP server mode. Whereas if it operates in any of the other
modes, it establishes connections with the peer.
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If an S3100 series switch operates as a passive peer in peer mode, NTP broadcast
client mode, or NTP multicast client mode, the connections it establishes with the
peers are dynamic. If it operates in other modes, the connections it establishes with
the peers are static.
1.3 Access Control Permission Configuration
Access control permission to NTP server is a security measure that is of the minimum
extent. Authentication is more reliable comparing to it.
An access request made to an NTP server is matched from the highest permission to
the lowest, that is, in the order of
peer
,
server
,
synchronization
, and
query
.
Table 1-3
Configure the access control permission to the local NTP server
Operation
Command
Description
Enter system view
system-view
—
Configure the
access control
permission to the
local NTP server
ntp-service access
{
peer
|
server
|
synchronization
|
query
}
acl-number
Optional
By default, the access control
permission to the local NTP
server is
peer
.
1.4 NTP Authentication Configuration
For the networks with higher security requirements, you can specify to perform
authentications when enabling NTP. With the authentications performed on both the
client side and the server side, the client is synchronized only to the server that passes
the authentication. This improves network security.
1.4.1 Prerequisites
NTP authentication configuration involves:
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Configuring NTP authentication on the client
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Configuring NTP authentication on the server
Note the following when performing NTP authentication configuration: