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Planning NetWare Directory Services Implementation

Developing a Time Synchronization Strategy

Before you install the NetWare Server for HP-UX, decide the following

based on your physical network layout and your network time

synchronization needs:

• What type of time servers do you need?

• Where should time servers be located on the network so that fault tolerance is

provided and network traffic is kept to a minimum?

For many environments, the default values for the time synchronization

parameters are very effective. The ﬁrst NetWare server installed to a

Directory tree is set as a Single Reference time server. All later NetWare

servers are set as Secondary time servers. The Single Reference time servers

broadcast their presence and the time via SAP, and Secondary time servers

listen for these broadcasts and adjust their time accordingly.

If you choose not to use the installation defaults, you need to know which

time server function to designate on the server you are installing in order to

implement a network-wide time synchronization plan.

Provide a time synchronization plan to all the local network supervisors who

will install a NetWare Services server on the network so they can designate

the correct time synchronization function on each server they install.

For more information about Refer to

Different ways to set up time

synchronization on larger

networks

“Choosing a Time Synchronization

Method” in chapter 5

Service Advertising Protocol “SAP (Service Advertising Protocol)” in

chapter 5

Time servers “Time Servers” in chapter 5.