Supermicro SSE-F3548S - Enable;Disable NTP; NTP Authentication

Supermicro SSE-F3548S/SSE-F3548SR Configuration User’s Guide
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2.4.2 Enable/Disable NTP
NTP is disabled by default in Supermicro switches.Follow the below steps to enable NTP.
Step
Command
Description
Step 1
configure terminal
Enters the configuration mode
Step 2
ntp enable
Enable NTP in switch.
Step 3
End
Exits the configuration mode.
Step 4
show ntp
Displays the NTP configuration.
Step 5
write startup-config
Optional step – saves this configuration
to be part of startup configuration.
The “ntp disable” command disables NTP in the switch. NTP can be enabled in Supermicro
switches only after configuring at least one NTP server.
The example below shows the commands used to configure NTP.
SMIS# configure terminal
SMIS(config)# ntp enable
SMIS(config)#end
SMIS# show ntp
[NTP] ntp running unicast mode
Server Key Prefer
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200.200.200.10 100 YES
100.100.100.1 500
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2.4.3 NTP Authentication
Supermicro switches support NTP authentication by the NTP server. The authentication data is encrypted
by an MD5 algorithm. The NTP authentication key can be configured in the switch and this must be
matched with the NTP authentication key in the NTP server. The authentication key is an NTP key number
and text pair.
Step
Command
Description
Step 1
configure terminal
Enters the configuration mode
Step 2
ntp key <key_number (1- 65535)><key_text>
Configure NTP authentication key.