Configuring Sntp Authentication And An Sntp Server - Dell PowerEdge M420 Configuration Manual

Configuring SNTP Authentication and an SNTP Server

Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following commands to require
the SNTP client to use authentication when communicating with the SNTP
server. The commands also show how to configure an SNTP server.
Requiring authentication is optional. However, if you configure
authentication on the switch SNTP client, the SNTP server must be
configured with the same authentication information to allow time
synchronization to take place between the two devices.
Command
configure
sntp authentication-key
key_id key_word
md5
sntp trusted-key
sntp authenticate
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Managing General System Settings
Purpose
Enter Global Configuration mode.
Define an authentication key for SNTP. The variables are:
key_id
•
1–4294967295.
key_word
•
up to eight characters.
key_id
Specify the authentication key the SNTP server must
include in SNTP packets that it sends to the switch.
key_id
The
in the previous step.
Require authentication for communication with the SNTP
server.
A trusted key must be configured before this command is
executed.
— The encryption key ID, which is a number from
—The authentication key, which is a string of
number must be an encryption key ID defined