User's Manual

CHAPTER4
UTILITIES&FEATURES
Revised: 25 Jan 17 4-5 ESTeem Horizon Series
CONFIGURINGTIMESERVER
EnablingNTPtimesynchronizationservicesontheHorizonwillallowusageoftimeservicesfromupstreamservicestokeepthe
timeonthesystemaccurate.
Toallowtimesynchronization,theHorizonmustbeconfiguredwiththeNTPDaemonenabledandtheappropriateIPaddressof
theupstreamnetworkNTPserver.
1. SelectAdv
ancedfromthemenuitemsandGlobalVariables(Figure7).
2. PresstheNe xtbuttonandFigure9willbedisplayed.AtthebottomofthepagearetheNTPserverconfigurations.
3. TheNTPdaemonisenabledbyselectingONforNTPClient(Figure9).Whenenabled,theNTPdaemonwillusetime
servicesfrom upstre amservicestokeepthetimeonthissystemaccurate.
4. Next,theNTPServershouldbeconfiguredto“On,”ifyouwanttoallowthesy
stemtoprovideNTPserviceforclients
wishingtimesynchronization(Fig ure9).
5. ThefinalstepinconfiguringNTPservicesistoentertheIPaddressorthehostnameoftheupstreamNTPserver.Once
configurationiscomplete,presstheAcceptbutton.
6. Tocompletetheconfiguration,select“CommitandReboot.”TheHorizonwillnowcommittheconfigurationchanges
andreboot.
Figure9:NTPSettings