Dell PowerConnect 3524P User Manual page 104

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.
• Poll Unicast Requests — Sends SNTP Unicast server time information requests to the SNTP server,
when enabled.
Defining SNTP Global Settings
1 Open the SNTP Global Settings page.
2 Define the fields.
3 Click Apply Changes.
The SNTP configuration changes are applied.
Defining SNTP Global Settings Using CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for setting fields displayed in the SNTP
Global Settings page.
Table 6-9. SNTP Global Parameters CLI Commands
CLI Command
sntp broadcast client enable Enables SNTP broadcast clients
sntp anycast client enable
sntp unicast client enable
The following is an example of the CLI commands:
console(config)# sntp anycast client enable
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Description
Enables SNTP anycast clients
Enables SNTP predefined unicast clients