FIGURE 1 NTP Hierarchy
• NTP implementation conforms to RFC 5905.
• NTP can be enabled in server and client mode simultaneously.
• The NTP uses UDP port 123 for communicating with NTP servers/peers.
• NTP server and client can communicate using IPv4 or IPv6 address
• NTP implementation supports below association modes.
‐ Client
‐ Server
‐ Symmetric active/passive
‐ Broadcast server
‐ Broadcast client
• NTP supports maximum of 8 servers and 8 peers. The 8 peers includes statically configured and
dynamically learned.
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