Switch Management
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To define the types of server from which the device accepts SNTP
information and the polling interval:
1
Click
Switch Management >
Time Synchronization
>
SNTP Global
Settings
.
2
Enter the fields:
–
Poll Interval (Sec.)
— Enter the interval (in seconds) at which the
SNTP servers are polled.
–
Receive Broadcast Servers Updates
— Enable/disable receiving time
information from Broadcast servers.
–
Receive Anycast Servers Updates
— Enable/disable receiving time
information from Anycast SNTP servers.
–
Receive Unicast Servers Updates
— Enable/disable receiving time
information from the SNTP servers defined on the switch.
–
Poll Unicast Requests
— Enable/disable sending SNTP Unicast server
time information requests to the SNTP server.
SNTP Authentication
Use the
page to enable/disable SNTP authentication
between the device and an SNTP server, and to set the means by which the
SNTP server is authenticated.
To configure SNTP authentication:
1
Click
Switch Management >
Time Synchronization
>
SNTP
Authentication
.
The previously-defined authentication keys are displayed.
2
Click
Edit
,
Settings Icon
( ) to enable/disable
SNTP Authentication
.
This enables/disables authenticating SNTP sessions between the device
and an SNTP server.
3
Click
OK
.
4
Multiple keys can be defined. To add a new SNTP authentication key, click
Edit, Add
, and enter the
fields.
–
Encryption Key ID
— Enter the number used to identify this SNTP
authentication key internally.