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Operation Manual – NTP
Quidway S5600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510
Chapter 1 NTP Configuration
Huawei Technologies Proprietary
1-11
Operation
Command
Description
NTP client mode:
ntp-service
unicast-server
{
remote-ip
|
server-name
}
authentication-keyid
key-id
Associate the
specified key with
the corresponding
NTP server
Peer mode:
ntp-service
unicast-peer
{
remote-ip | peer-name }
authentication-keyid
key-id
z
In NTP client mode and
NTP peer mode, you
need to associate the
specified key with the
corresponding NTP
server on the client.
z
You can associate the
NTP server with the
authentication key while
configuring the switch to
operate in a specific NTP
mode. You can also
associate them using
this command after
configuring the NTP
mode where the switch is
to operate
Note:
z
NTP authentication requires that the authentication keys configured for the server
and the client are the same. Besides, the authentication keys must be trusted keys.
Otherwise, the client cannot be synchronized with the server.
z
In NTP server mode and NTP peer mode, you need to associate the specified key
with the corresponding NTP server/active peer on the client/passive peer. In these
two modes, multiple servers/active peers may be configured for a client/passive
peer, and a client/passive choose the server/active peer to synchronize to by the
authentication key.
II. Configuring NTP authentication on the server
Table 1-5
Configure NTP authentication on the server
Operation
Command
Description
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable NTP
authentication
ntp-service
authentication
enable
Required
By default, NTP
authentication is disabled
Configure NTP
authentication key
ntp-service
authentication-keyid
key-id
authentication-model
md5
value
Required
By default, NTP
authentication key is not
configured