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104 Configuring System Information
The SNTP Global Settings page contains the following fields:
•
Poll Interval (60-86400)
— Defines the interval (in seconds) at which the SNTP server is polled for
Unicast information. By default, the poll interval is 1024 seconds.
•
Receive Broadcast Servers Updates
— Listens to the SNTP servers for Broadcast server time
information on the selected interfaces, when enabled.
•
Receive Anycast Servers Updates
— Polls the SNTP server for Anycast server time information,
when enabled. If both the
Receive Anycast Servers Update
, and the
Receive Broadcast Servers Update
fields are enabled, the system time is set according the Anycast server time information.
•
Receive Unicast Servers Updates
— Polls the SNTP server for Unicast server time information,
when enabled. If the
Receive Broadcast Servers Updates
,
Receive Anycast Servers Updates
, and the
Receive Unicast Servers Updates
fields are all enabled, the system time is set according the Unicast
server time information.
•
Poll Unicast Requests
— Sends SNTP Unicast server time information requests to the SNTP server,
when enabled.
Defining SNTP Global Settings
1
Open the
SNTP Global Settings
page.
2
Define the fields.
3
Click
Apply Changes
.
The SNTP configuration changes are applied.
Defining SNTP Global Settings Using CLI Commands
The following table summarizes the equivalent CLI commands for setting fields displayed in the SNTP
Global Settings page.
The following is an example of the CLI commands:
Table 6-9. SNTP Global Parameters CLI Commands
CLI Command Description
sntp broadcast client enable Enables SNTP broadcast clients
sntp anycast client enable Enables SNTP anycast clients
sntp unicast client enable Enables SNTP predefined unicast clients
console(config)# sntp anycast client enable