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Switch Services

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3. Click the

Add

button.

4. Enter a Key ID between 1-65534. The

Key ID

is a Key abbreviation allowing the switch to reference

multiple passwords. This makes password migration easier and more secure between the switch and its
NTP resource.

5. Enter the authentication

Key Value

used to secure the credentials of the NTP server providing system

time to the switch.

6. Select the

Trusted Key

checkbox to use a trusted key. A trusted key should be used when a public key

is known, but cannot be securely obtained. Adding a trusted key allows data to be considered secure
between the switch and its SNTP resource.

7. Refer to the

Status

field.

The Status is the current state of the requests made from the applet. Requests are any “SET/GET”
operation from the applet. The Status field displays error messages if something goes wrong in the
transaction between the applet and the switch.

8. Click

OK

to save and add the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.

9. Click

Cancel

to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.

5.3.3 Defining a SNTP Neighbor Configuration

The switch’s SNTP association can be either a neighboring peer (the switch synchronizes to another
associated device) or a neighboring server (the switch synchronizes to a dedicated SNTP server resource).
Refer to the

NTP Neighbor

tab to assess the switch’s existing configurations (both peer and server) and, if

necessary, modify the attributes of an existing peer or server configuration or create a new neighbor peer or
server SNTP configuration.

To review the switch’s existing NTP neighbor configurations:

1. Select

Services

>

Secure NTP

from the main menu tree.