Configuration Procedure - H3C S5600 Series Operation Manual

Operation Manual – NTP
H3C S5600 Series Ethernet Switches

1.5.2 Configuration Procedure

I. Configuring NTP authentication on the client
Follow these steps to configure NTP authentication on the client:
Enter system view
Enable the NTP
authentication function
Configure the NTP
authentication key
Configure the specified
key as a trusted key
Associ
ate the
specifi
ed key
with
the
corres
pondin
g NTP
server
Note:
NTP authentication requires that the authentication keys configured for the server and
the client be the same. Besides, the authentication keys must be trusted keys.
Otherwise, the clock of the client cannot be synchronized with that of the server.
II. Configuring NTP authentication on the server
Follow these steps to configure NTP authentication on the server:
Enter system view
Enable NTP
authentication
To do...
system-view
ntp-service
authentication enable
ntp-service
authentication-keyid
key-id
authentication-model
md5 value
ntp-service reliable
authentication-keyid
key-id
ntp-service
Configure on
unicast-server { remote-ip |
the client in the
server-name }
server/client
authentication-keyid
mode
key-id
Configure on
the
ntp-service unicast-peer
symmetric-activ { remote-ip | peer-name }
e peer in the authentication-keyid
symmetric peer key-id
mode
To do...
system-view
ntp-service
authentication enable
Use the command...
Use the command...
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Chapter 1 NTP Configuration
Remarks
—
Required
Disabled by default.
Required
By default, no NTP
authentication key is
configured.
Required
By default, no trusted
key is configured.
Required
For the client in the NTP
broadcast/multicast
mode, you just need to
associate the specified
key with the client on the
corresponding server.
Remarks
—
Required
Disabled by default.