
Time Protocols
Selecting a Time Synchronization Protocol or Turning Off Time Protocol Operation
SNTP Time Synchronization
SNTP provides two operating modes:
■ Broadcast Mode: The switch acquires time updates by accepting the
time value from the first SNTP time broadcast detected. (In this case,
the SNTP server must be configured to broadcast time updates to the
network broadcast address. Refer to the documentation provided
with your SNTP server application.) Once the switch detects a partic-
ular server, it ignores time broadcasts from other SNTP servers unless
the configurable
Poll Interval expires three consecutive times without
an update received from the first-detected server.
Note To use Broadcast mode, the switch and the SNTP server must be in the same
subnet.
■ Unicast Mode: The switch requests a time update from the config-
ured SNTP server. (You can configure one server using the menu
interface, or up to three servers using the CLI
sntp server command.)
This option provides increased security over the Broadcast mode by
specifying which time server to use instead of using the first one
detected through a broadcast.
Selecting a Time Synchronization
Protocol or Turning Off Time Protocol
Operation
General Steps for Running a Time Protocol on the Switch:
1. Select the time synchronization protocol: SNTP or TimeP (the default).
2. Enable the protocol. The choices are:
• SNTP:
Broadcast or Unicast
• TimeP: DHCP or Manual
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