Date and Time Commands
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Values 2 — 4
prefer — When configuring more than one peer, one remote system can be configured as the
preferred peer. When a second peer is configured as preferred, then the new entry overrides the
old entry.
server
Syntax server ip address [key-id key-id] [version version] [prefer]
no server ip address
Context config>system>time>ntp
Description This command is used when the node should operate in client mode with the ntp server specified in
the address field of this command. The no construct of this command removes the server with the
specified address from the configuration.
Up to five NTP servers can be configured.
Parameters ip-address — Configure the IP address of a node that acts as an NTP server to this network element.
This is a required parameter.
Values Any valid IP address
key-id key-id — Enter the key-id that identifies the configured authentication key and authentication
type used by this node to transmit NTP packets to an NTP server. If an NTP packet is received by
this node, the authentication key-id, type, and key value must be valid otherwise the packet will
be rejected and an event/trap generated. This is an optional parameter.
Values 1 — 255
version version — Use this command to configure the NTP version number that is expected by this
node. This is an optional parameter
Default 4
Values 2 — 4
prefer — When configuring more than one peer, one remote system can be configured as the
preferred peer. When a second peer is configured as preferred, then the new entry overrides the
old entry.