Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Switch/Router 用户手册

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To view the 

NTP

 configuration menu, enter the 

 command at the system prompt. If 

you are in verbose mode the 

NTP

 configuration menu is displayed. Otherwise, enter a ques-

tion mark (

) at the prompt to display this menu:

The main menu options are shown in the 

 list for quick access if you need to 

change menus.

A switch can be configured to act as an 

NTP

 client, or an 

NTP

 client/server. An 

NTP

 client 

receives updates from an 

NTP

 server without passing on time information to other clients, 

while and 

NTP

 client/server receives time information from a server, and acts as a server for 

other clients in a higher stratum. 

To set up the NTP client, use the 

 command as follows:

1. Enter the command as shown, at the system prompt:

The following menu appears:

2. Adjust the configurable variables for this 

NTP

 client as needed by entering the line 

number, and equal sign, and a new value at the system prompt, as shown:

For example, to change the 

 to 10, you would enter 

 (the line number 

for 

), an equal sign (

), and the number 

 (the new value), as shown:

After enabling 

NTP

 for this switch, you need to configure at least one peer association, unless 

you will be supplying time synchronization. In that case, you need to configure a reference 
clock.