To define the types of server from which the device accepts SNTP
information and the polling interval:
1 Click System > Time Synchronization > SNTP Global Settings in the
tree view to display the SNTP Global Settings page.
Figure 9-6. SNTP Global Settings
2 Enter the fields:
Poll Interval (60-86400) — Enter the interval (in seconds) at which
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the SNTP servers are polled.
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Receive Broadcast Servers Updates — Enable/disable receiving time
information from Broadcast servers.
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Receive Anycast Servers Updates — Enable/disable receiving time
information from Anycast SNTP servers.
Receive Unicast Servers Updates — Enable/disable receiving time
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information from the SNTP servers defined on the switch.
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Poll Unicast Requests — Enable/disable sending SNTP Unicast server
time information requests to the SNTP server.
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