Supermicro L2/L3 Switches Configuration Guide
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1.5.4
NTP Broadcast
NTP server messages can be broadcast or unicast. By default, Supermicro switches receive unicast NTP
messages.
Follow the below steps to configure Supermicro switches to receive NTP broadcast messages from the
NTP server.
Step Command
Description
Step 1
configure terminal
Enters the configuration mode.
Step 2
ntp broadcast [authentication]
Configures the NTP broadcast.
authentication –
If specified, NTP
authentication is enabled for broadcast
mode.
Step 3
end
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 4
show ntp
Displays the NTP configuration.
Step 5
write startup-config
Optional step – saves this configuration
to be part of the startup configuration.
The
“no ntp broadcast”
command disables the NTP broadcast.
The example below shows the commands used to configure the NTP broadcast.
SMIS(config)#
ntp broadcast authentication
SMIS(config)#
show ntp
[NTP] ntp running broadcast mode
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