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4.2.6 NTP Configuration

Configure NTP on this page.
NTP is an acronym for Network Time Protocol, a network protocol for synchronizing the clocks of

computer systems. NTP uses UDP (data grams) as transport layer. You can specify NTP Servers and set

GMT Time zone. The NTP Configuration screen in

Figure 4-2-8

appears.

Figure 4-2-8: NTP

Configuration page screenshot


The page includes the following fields:

Object

Description

Mode

Indicates the NTP mode operation. Possible modes are:
Enabled: Enable NTP mode operation. When enable NTP mode
operation, the agent forward and to transfer NTP messages
between the clients and the server when they are not on the
same subnet domain.
Disabled: Disable NTP mode operation.

Timezone

Allow select the time zone according to current location of
switch.

Server #

Provide the NTP IPv4 or IPv6 address of this switch. IPv6 address
is in 128-bit records represented as eight fields of up to four
hexadecimal digits with a colon separate each field (:). For
example,

‘fae0::013:4fefe:dea4:34d4’

. The symbol '::' is a special

syntax that can be used as a shorthand way of representing
multiple 16-bit groups of contiguous zeros; but it can only appear
once. It also used a following legally IPv4 address. For example,
'::192.1.2.34'.