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Configuration examples
Device maintenance examples
System time configuration example
Network requirements
As shown in
:
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Configure the device to obtain the UTC time from the NTP server.
•
Configure NTP authentication on both the device and NTP server.
Figure 12 Network diagram
Configuration procedure
1.
Configure the NTP client:
a.
From the navigation tree, select
Device
>
Maintenance
>
Settings
.
b.
Click the
Date & time
link.
c.
On the date and time settings page, perform the following tasks:
−
Select automatic time synchronization, and then select NTP.
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Select NTP server authentication.
−
Enter the authentication key ID and the key value.
−
Enter the IP address of the NTP server, select the unicast server mode, and enter the
authentication key ID.
2.
Configure the NTP server:
On the NTP server, enable the NTP service, and configure NTP authentication on the NTP
server. For more information about the configuration procedure, see the NTP server
documentation. (Details not shown.)
Verifying the configuration
# Verify that the system clock is in synchronized state, and the device has synchronized to the NTP
server. (Details not shown.)
Administrators configuration example
Network requirements
As shown in
, configure an administrator account to meet the following requirements:
•
Allow the user to use the account to log in to the switch through HTTP.
•
Perform local authentication for the user that uses the administrator account to log in to the
switch.
•
Assign the network-admin user role to the authenticated user.
