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NTP Configuration
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The delay for a round trip of an NTP packet traveling between Switch A and B: 
Delay= (T
4
-T
1
) - (T
3
-T
2
).
Offset of Switch A clock relative to Switch B clock: offset= ( (T
2
-T
1
) + (T
4
-T
3
) ) /2.
In this way, Switch A uses the above-mentioned information to set the local clock 
and synchronize it with the clock on Switch B.
The operating principle of NTP is briefly introduced above. For details, refer to 
RFC1305.
NTP Configuration
NTP is used for time synchronization throughout a network. The following sections 
describe the NTP configuration tasks.
Configuring NTP 
Operating Mode
You can set the NTP operating mode of a Switch according to its location in the 
network and the network structure. The following settings are for your reference:
If you set a remote server as the time server of the local equipment, the local 
Switch works as an NTP Client.
If you set a remote server as a peer of the local Switch, the local equipment 
operates in Symmetric Active mode.
If you configure an interface on the local Switch to transmit NTP broadcast 
packets, the local Switch will operate in Broadcast mode.
If you configure an interface on the local Switch to receive NTP broadcast 
packets, the local Switch will operate in Broadcast Client mode.
If you configure an interface on the local Switch to transmit NTP multicast 
packets, the local Switch will operate in Multicast mode.
If you configure an interface on the local Switch to receive NTP multicast 
packets, the local Switch will operate in Multicast Client mode.
To configure NTP:
Configure NTP server mode
Configure NTP peer mode
Configure NTP broadcast server mode
Configure NTP broadcast client mode
Configure NTP multicast server mode
Configure NTP multicast client mode