Motorola RFS7000 Series System Reference Guide

Switch Services
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(and switch) must be on the same subnet. NTP broadcasts reduce configuration complexity since both
the switch and its NTP resources can be configured to send and receive broadcast messages.
7. Enter the IP Address of the peer or server providing SNTP synchronization.
8. Select the Hostname checkbox to assign a hostname to the server or peer for further differentiation
of other devices with a similar configuration.
9. Use the NTP Version drop-down menu to select the version of SNTP to use with this configuration
Currently version three and version four implementations of NTP are available. The latest version is
NTPv4, but the official Internet standard is NTPv3.
10. If necessary, select the No Authentication checkbox to allow communications with the NTP
resource without any form of security. This option should only be used with known NTP resources.
11. Select the AutoKey Authentication checkbox to use an Auto key protocol based on the public key
infrastructure (PKI) algorithm. The SNTP server uses a fast algorithm and a private value to regenerate
key information on the arrival of a message. The switch sends its designated public key to the server
for credential verification and the two exchange messages. This option is disabled when the
Broadcast Server checkbox is selected.
12. Select the Symmetric Key Authentication checkbox to use a single (symmetric) key for encryption
and decryption. Since both the sender and the receiver must know the same key, it is also referred to
as shared key cryptography. The key can only be known by the sender and receiver to maintain secure
transmissions.
13. Enter an Key ID between 1-65534. The Key ID is a Key abbreviation allowing the switch to reference
multiple passwords.
14. Select the Preferred Source checkbox if this NTP resource is a preferred NTP resource. Preferred
sources are contacted before non-preferred resources. There can be more than one preferred source.
15. Refer to the Status field. The Status is the current state of the requests made from the applet.
Requests are any “SET/GET” operation from the applet. The Status field displays error messages if
something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.
16. Click OK to save and add the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
17. Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
5.3.5 Viewing NTP Associations
The interaction between the switch and a SNTP server constitutes an association. SNTP associations can be
either a peer association (the switch synchronizes to the another system or allows another system to
synchronize to it), or a server association (only the switch synchronizes to the SNTP resource, not the other
way around).
To review the switch’s current SNTP associations:
1. Select Services > Secure NTP from the main menu tree.
NOTE If this checkbox is selected, the AutoKey Authentication checkbox is disabled, and
the switch is required to use Symmetric Key Authentication for credential
verification with its NTP resource. Additionally, if this option is selected, the
broadcast server cannot be selected as a preferred source.

Motorola RFS7000 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Motorola
Model	RFS7000 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English