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System maintenance and debugging ························································································································· 1
Ping·····················································································································································································1
Introduction ·······························································································································································1
Configuring ping ······················································································································································1
Ping configuration example ····································································································································1
Tracert ················································································································································································3
Introduction ·······························································································································································3
Configuring tracert ···················································································································································4
System debugging ····························································································································································5
Introduction to system debugging···························································································································5
Displaying debugging information·························································································································5
Configuring system debugging·······························································································································6
Ping and tracert configuration example ·························································································································7
NTP configuration ························································································································································ 9
NTP overview ····································································································································································9
Applications of NTP ·················································································································································9
Advantages of NTP ··················································································································································9
How NTP works····················································································································································· 10
NTP message format ············································································································································· 11
Operation modes of NTP ····································································································································· 12
NTP configuration task list············································································································································· 14
Configuring the operation modes of NTP ··················································································································· 15
Operation modes and static and dynamic associations··················································································· 15
Configuring NTP client/server mode ·················································································································· 15
Configuring the NTP symmetric peers mode······································································································ 16
Configuring NTP broadcast mode······················································································································· 16
Configuring NTP multicast mode························································································································· 17
Configuring optional parameters of NTP ···················································································································· 18
Specifying the source interface for NTP messages···························································································· 18
Disabling an interface from receiving NTP messages······················································································· 18
Configuring access-control rights ································································································································· 19
Configuration prerequisites ·································································································································· 19
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 19
Configuring NTP authentication ··································································································································· 20
Configuration prerequisites ·································································································································· 20
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 20
Displaying and maintaining NTP ································································································································· 22
NTP configuration examples········································································································································· 22
Configuring NTP client/server mode ·················································································································· 22
Configuring the NTP symmetric mode ················································································································ 23
Configuring NTP broadcast mode······················································································································· 25
Configuring NTP multicast mode························································································································· 27
Configuring NTP client/server mode with authentication················································································· 29
Configuring NTP broadcast mode with authentication ····················································································· 30
Information center configuration·······························································································································34
Information center overview·········································································································································· 34
Introduction to information center························································································································ 34