Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - PLANING AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 11-10-2009 Implementation Manual page 104

Figure 12-4
NTP packets
Timesync packets
NetWare
Therefore, if you have NetWare 4.2 or 5.0 servers in your eDirectory tree, and you want to install an
OES 2 server, you must have at least one NetWare 5.1 or later server to provide a "bridge" between
NTP and Timesync time packets.
versions can synchronize through a NetWare 6.5 server.
IMPORTANT: As shown in
time source.
OES 2 Servers as Time Providers
Figure 12-5
NetWare servers, including NetWare 4.2 and later.
Figure 12-5
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Synchronizing Time on NetWare 5.0 and 4.2 Servers
TIMESYNC NLM
NetWare
5.0 4.2
Figure 12-5 on page 104
Figure
shows how OES 2 servers can function as time providers to other OES 2 servers and to
OES 2 Servers as Time Providers
xntpd daemon
xntpd daemon XNTPD NLM
OES 2
TIMESYNC NLM
illustrates that these earlier server
12-4, we recommend that NetWare 4.2 servers not be used as a
External, reliable
time source
NTP packets
Timesync packets
XNTPD NLM
OES 2
or
TIMESYNC NLM
NetWare 6.5
or
TIMESYNC NLM
NetWare 6.5
TIMESYNC NLM
NetWare
NetWare
5.1, 6.0
4.2, 5.0
TIMESYNC NLM