DELL N3000 User Manual

Managing General System Settings

The commands in this example configure the switch to poll an SNTP server 

to synchronize the time. Additionally, the SNTP sessions between the client 

and server must be authenticated.
To configure the switch:

1 Configure the authentication information. The SNTP server must be 

configured with the same authentication key and ID.

console#configure

console(config)#sntp authentication-key 23456465 

console(config)#sntp trusted-key 23456465

console(config)#sntp authenticate

2 Specify the IP address of the SNTP server to poll and include the 

authentication key. This command automatically enables polling and sets 

the priority to 1.

console(config)#sntp server 192.168.10.30 key 

console(config)#sntp unicast client enable

3 Verify the configuration.

console#show sntp configuration

Polling interval: 512 seconds

MD5 Authentication keys: 23456465

Authentication is required for synchronization.

Trusted keys: 23456465

Unicast clients: Enable

Unicast servers:

Server

Key

Polling Priority

------------ ----------- --------- -------- 

192.168.10.30   23456465

Enabled

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