ESR series service routers.ESR-Series. User manual
Step Description Command Keys
6 Mark this NTP server as preferred 
(optional).
esr(config-ntp)# prefer
7 Define a list of trusted IP 
addresses with which ntp packets 
can be exchanged (optional).
esr(config)# ntp access-
addresses <NAME>
<NAME> – IP addresses profile name, set by 
the string of up to 31 characters.
8 Specify the key ID from the key 
binding profile (optional).
esr(config)# ntp 
authentication trusted-
key <ID>
<ID> – key ID from the key binding profile.
9 Specify the key binding profile 
name (optional).
esr(config)# ntp 
authentication key-chain 
<WORD>
<WORD> – key binding profile name.
10 Activate key-based authentication 
for NTP (optional).
esr(config)# ntp 
authentication enable
11 Enable the mode of receiving 
broadcast messages from NTP 
servers for the global 
configuration and all existing VRFs 
(optional).
esr(config)# ntp 
broadcast-client enable
12 Set the DSCP code value for the 
use in IP headers of NTP server 
egress packets (optional).
esr(config)# ntpdscp 
<DSCP>
<DSCP> – DSCP code value, takes values in 
the range of [0..63]
Default value: 46.
13 Enable query-only mode that limits 
interaction via NTP for a certain 
profile of IP addresses (optional).
esr(config)# ntp object-
group query-only 
<NAME>
<NAME> – IP addresses profile name, set by 
the string of up to 31 characters.
14 Enable serve-only mode that limits 
interaction via NTP for a certain 
profile of IP addresses (optional).
esr(config)# ntp object-
group serve-only 
<NAME>
<NAME> – IP addresses profile name, set by 
the string of up to 31 characters.
15 Specify source-IP addresses for 
NTP packets for all peers 
(optional).
esr(config)# ntp source 
address <ADDR>
<ADDR> – IP address, defined as 
AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD where each part takes 
values of [0..255].