System Management
Basic System Configuration Guide 385
Default no sntp
broadcast-client
Syntax [no] broadcast-client
Context config>system>time>sntp
Description This command enables listening to SNTP/NTP broadcast messages on interfaces with broadcast client
enabled at global device level.
When this global parameter is configured then the ntp-broadcast parameter must be configured on
selected interfaces on which NTP broadcasts are transmitted.
SNTP must be shutdown prior to changing either to or from broadcast mode.
The no form of the command disables broadcast client mode.
Default no broadcast-client
server-address
Syntax server-address ip-address [version version-number] [normal | preferred]
[interval seconds]
no server-address
Context config>system>time>sntp
Description This command creates an SNTP server for unicast client mode.
Parameters ip-address — Specifies the IP address of the SNTP server.
version version-number — Specifies the SNTP version supported by this server.
Values 1 to 3
Default 3
normal | preferred — Specifies the preference value for this SNTP server. When more than one
time-server is configured, one server can have preference over others. The value for that
server should be set to preferred. Only one server in the table can be a preferred server.
Default normal
interval seconds — Specifies the frequency at which this server is queried.
Values 64 to 1024
Default 64