ProCurve 2610 Series - Time Protocols

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Time Protocols
Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
TimeP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
SNTP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Overview: Selecting a Time Synchronization Protocol or Turning Off
Time Protocol Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
General Steps for Running a Time Protocol on the Switch . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Disabling Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
SNTP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Viewing the Current SNTP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the SNTP Mode . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
TimeP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Menu: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
CLI: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Viewing the Current TimeP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the TimeP Mode . . . . . . . . 9-18
SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Address Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Adding and Deleting SNTP Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Menu Interface Operation with Multiple SNTP Server Addresses
Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
SNTP Messages in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
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