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To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enable NTP
authentication
ntp-service authentication enable
Required
Disabled by default
Configure an NTP
authentication key
ntp-service authentication-keyid
keyid
authentication-mode
md5
value
Required
No NTP authentication key by default
Configure the key as
a trusted key
ntp-service reliable authentication-keyid
keyid
Required
By default, no authentication key is
configured to be trusted.
Client/server mode:
ntp-service
unicast-server
{
ip-address
|
server-name
}
authentication-keyid
keyid
Associate the
specified key with an
NTP server
Symmetric peers mode:
ntp-service
unicast-peer
{
ip-address
|
peer-name
}
authentication-keyid
keyid
Required
You can associate a non-existing key with
an NTP server. To enable NTP
authentication, you must configure the key
and specify it as a trusted key after
associating the key with the NTP server.
NOTE:
After you enable the NTP authentication feature for the client, make sure that the authentication key you
configure for the client is the same as on the server, and specify that the authentication key is trusted.
Otherwise, the client cannot be synchronized to the server.
Configuring NTP authentication for a server
Follow these steps to configure NTP authentication for a server:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable NTP
authentication
ntp-service
authentication
enable
Required
Disabled by default
Configure an NTP
authentication key
ntp-service authentication-keyid
keyid
authentication-mode
md5
value
Required
No NTP authentication key by default
Configure the key as
a trusted key
ntp-service reliable authentication-keyid
keyid
Required
By default, no authentication key is
configured to be trusted.
Enter VLAN interface
view
interface
interface-type interface-number
—
Broadcast server mode:
ntp-service
broadcast-server
authentication-keyid
keyid
Associate the
specified key with an
NTP server
Multicast server mode:
ntp-service
multicast-server
authentication-keyid
keyid
Required
You can associate a non-existing key with
an NTP server. To enable NTP
authentication, you must configure the key
and specify it as a trusted key after
associating the key with the NTP server.
NOTE:
The procedure for configuring NTP authentication on a server is the same as on a client. Aslo, the same
authentication key must be configured on both the server and client.