Configure System Information
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M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches User Manual
Configure the SNTP Global Settings
To configure the SNTP global settings:
1. Launch a web browser.
2. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
The login window opens.
3. Enter the user name and password.
The default admin user name is
admin and the default admin password is blank, that is,
do not enter a password.
4. Click the Login button.
The System Information page displays.
5. Select System > Management > T
ime > T
ime Configuration > SNTP Global
Configuration.
When you select the SNTP option as the Clock Source, the SNTP Global Configuration
section is displayed below the T
ime Configuration section of the page.
6. Select a Client mode radio button to specify the mode of operation of the SNTP client:
• Disable. SNTP is not operational. No SNTP requests are sent from the client and no
received SNTP messages are processed.
• Unicast. SNTP operates in a point-to-point fashion. A unicast client sends a request
to a designated server at its unicast address and expects a reply from which it can
determine the time and, optionally, the round-trip delay and local clock offset relative
to the server.
• Broadcast. SNTP operates in the same manner as multicast mode but uses a local
broadcast address instead of a multicast address.
The broadcast address has a
single subnet scope while a multicast address has Internet wide scope.