Dell PowerConnect M6220 - Manual (Page 118)

116 Configuring System Information
• Receive Broadcast Servers Update — If enabled, listens to the SNTP servers for Broadcast server time
information on the selected interfaces. The device is synchronized whenever an SNTP packet is
received, even if synchronization was not requested.
• Receive Unicast Servers Update — If enabled, polls the SNTP servers defined on the device for
Unicast server time information.
Defining SNTP Global Parameters
1. Open the SNTP Global Settings page.
2. Define the fields as needed.
3. Click Apply Changes.
The SNTP global settings are modified, and the device is updated.
Defining SNTP Global Parameters Using CLI Commands
For information about the CLI commands that perform this function, see the following chapter in the
CLI Reference Guide :
• Clock Commands.
SNTP Authentication
The SNTP Authentication page lets you enable SNTP authentication between the device and an SNTP
server, and to select the desired SNTP server. Use the SNTP Authentication page to enable or disable
SNTP authentication, to modify the authentication key for a selected encryption key ID, to designate
the selected authentication key as a trusted key, and to remove the selected encryption key ID.
Click System > SNTP > Authentication in the tree view to display the
SNTP Authentication page.