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Version Description
9.14(0.0) Introduced on the C9010, FN–IOM, MIOA, MXL, S3048–ON, S4048–ON, S4048T–
ON, S5048F–ON, S6000, S6000–ON, S6010–ON, S6100–ON, and Z9100–ON.
Usage
Information
NTP control key is not configured by default. If the encryption–type (0 or 7) is not specified, then 0 is
selected by default.
Related
Commands
● ntp authentication-key—sets an authentication key for NTP.
● ntp authenticate—enables the NTP authentication parameters that you set.
● ntp server—configures an NTP time-serving host.
ntp master <stratum>
Configure the switch as NTP Server.
Syntax
ntp master <stratum>
Parameters
ntp
master <stratum>
Enter the keyword stratum number to identify the NTP Server's hierarchy. The
stratum range value is from 2 to 15 and the default value is 8.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.6(0.0) Introduced on the MXL.
ntp server
Configure an NTP time-serving host.
Syntax
ntp server[vrf vrf-name] {hostname | ipv4-address | ipv6-address} [key
keyid] [prefer] [version number] [minpoll] [maxpoll]
Parameters
vrf vrf-name (Optional) Enter the keyword vrf and then the name of the VRF to configure a
NTP time-serving host corresponding to that VRF.
ipv4-address |
ipv6-address
Enter an IPv4 address (A.B.C.D) or IPv6 address (X:X:X:X::X) of NTP server.
hostname Enter the hostname of the server.
key keyid (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword key and a number as the NTP peer key. The range
is from 1 to 65534.
prefer (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword prefer to indicate that this peer has priority over
other servers.
version number (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword version and a number to correspond to the NTP
version used on the server. The range is from 1 to 4.
minpoll polling-
interval
(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword minpollthen the polling-interval. The polling
interval range is from 4 to 16.
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