Aruba 2530 - Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the SNTP Mode

Configuring (enabling or disabling) the SNTP mode
Enabling the SNTP mode means to configure it for either broadcast or unicast mode. Remember that to run SNTP
as the switch's time synchronization protocol, you must also select SNTP as the time synchronization method by
using the CLI timesync command (or the menu interface Time Sync Method parameter.)
Syntax:
timesync sntp
Selects SNTP as the time protocol.
sntp {<broadcast | unicast>}
Enables the SNTP mode.
Syntax:
sntp server <ip-addr>
Required only for unicast mode.
Syntax:
sntp server priority <1-3>
Specifies the order in which the configured servers are polled for getting the time. Value is between 1 and 3.
Syntax:
sntp <30-720>
Configures the amount of time between updates of the system clock via SNTP.
Default: 720 seconds
Enabling SNTP in Broadcast Mode
Because the switch provides an SNTP polling interval (default: 720 seconds), you need only these two commands
for minimal SNTP broadcast configuration:
Syntax:
timesync sntp
Selects SNTP as the time synchronization method.
Syntax:
sntp broadcast
Configures broadcast as the SNTP mode.
Example:
Suppose that time synchronization is in the factory-default configuration (TimeP is the currently selected time
synchronization method.) Complete the following:
26 Aruba 2530 Management and Configuration Guide for
ArubaOS-Switch 16.05