Defining Sntp Global Parameters; Figure 6-8. Sntp Global Settings - Dell PowerConnect 3424 User Manual

Defining SNTP Global Parameters

The SNTP Global Settings page provides information for defining SNTP parameters globally. To
open the SNTP Global Settings page, click System → SNTP→ Global Settings in the tree view.

Figure 6-8. SNTP Global Settings

The SNTP Global Settings page contains the following fields:
Poll Interval (60-86400) — Defines the interval (in seconds) at which the SNTP server is polled for
Unicast information. By default, the poll interval is 1024 seconds.
Receive Broadcast Servers Updates — Listens to the SNTP servers for Broadcast server time
information on the selected interfaces, when enabled.
Receive Anycast Servers Updates — Polls the SNTP server for Anycast server time information,
when enabled. If both the Receive Anycast Servers Update, and the Receive Broadcast Servers
Update fields are enabled, the system time is set according the Anycast server time information.
Receive Unicast Servers Updates — Polls the SNTP server for Unicast server time information,
when enabled. If the Receive Broadcast Servers Updates, Receive Anycast Servers Updates, and
the Receive Unicast Servers Updates fields are all enabled, the system time is set according the
Unicast server time information.
Send Unicast Requests — Sends SNTP Unicast server time information requests to the
SNTP server, when enabled.
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