Configuring Ntp Broadcast Mode - H3C S5500-EI series Operation Manual

Operation Manual – NTP
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Following these steps to configure a symmetric-active switch:
To do...
Enter system view
Specify a
symmetric-passiv
e peer for the
switch
Note:
In the symmetric mode, you should use any NTP configuration command in
Configuring the Operation Modes of NTP
symmetric-passive peer will not process NTP packets from a symmetric-active peer.
In the ntp-service unicast-peer command, ip-address must be a host address,
rather than a broadcast address, a multicast address or the IP address of the local
clock.
When the interface used to send NTP messages is specified by the
source-interface argument, the source IP address of the NTP message will be
configured as the primary IP address of the specified interface.
Typically, at least one of the symmetric-active and symmetric-passive peers has
been synchronized; otherwise the clock synchronization will not proceed.
You can configure multiple symmetric-passive peers by repeating the ntp-service
unicast-peer command.

1.3.3 Configuring NTP Broadcast Mode

The broadcast server periodically sends NTP broadcast messages to the broadcast
address 255.255.255.255. After receiving the messages, the switch working in NTP
broadcast mode sends a reply and synchronizes its local clock.
For switches working in the broadcast mode, you need to configure both the server and
clients. Because an interface need to be specified on the broadcast server for sending
NTP broadcast messages and an interface also needs to be specified on each
broadcast client for receiving broadcast messages, the NTP broadcast mode can be
configured only in the specific interface view.
Use the command...
system-view
ntp-service unicast-peer { ip-address
| peer-name } [ authentication-keyid
keyid | priority | source-interface
interface-type interface-number |
version number ] *
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Chapter 1 NTP Configuration
Remarks
—
Required
No
symmetric-passive
peer is specified by
default.
to enable NTP; otherwise, a