Verizon Volicon MIP Admin Manual page 73

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11.2.5.3
Accurate time is critical for successful MIP operation. Many aspects of MIP require millisecond timing
accuracy. This section allows you to change which network time protocol (NTP) time server MIP uses
and how often it is polled. MIP defaults to the Microsoft NTP server defined in Windows.
1. If you run an internal corporate time server, change the configuration to point to it.
2. Another option is to use a NTP server pool. This has the advantage of redundancy, in which
you can select geographically nearby servers to minimize transit time latency. The NTP Pool
Project is popular and can be found at http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/.
3. A third option is to use the Windows operating system as preconfigured, pointing to the
public Microsoft NTP server: time.windows.com.
Poll interval: This setting is only active if the SpecialInterval flag is set.
Set Polling interval value to an integer and units from the <Interval> Collection. Volicon recommends
setting the Polling Interval to 3600 seconds.
NTP Server
By default MIP uses the MS NTP server. To change simply enter the URL of the desired NTP server. If
desired, add additional servers for redundancy. If the active server throws an error or does not
respond, MIP will automatically switch to the next server on the list.
Figure: NTP Time Service
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