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Filer Administration Basics 2-33
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You use SNTP when you need a high degree of accuracy.
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Before using SNTP, you set the
timed
options as described in Synchronizing Filer
System Time or accept the default settings. The
timed
options are listed in
Table 2-20. For details about the
timed
options, see Timed Options.
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This procedure describes how to set the
timed
options to synchronize filer system
time. You can do this any time. After you complete this procedure, filer time is contin-
ually updated automatically.
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You must have available the name of at least one time server. You can get a list of NTP
(Network Time Protocol) time servers, which SNTP can use, from
http://
www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm
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timed.enable
Determines whether the timed daemon
runs.
Off
timed.log
Determines whether to log time
changes initiated by the
timed
daemon
to the console.
Off
timed.max_skew
Sets the maximum allowable
discrepancy between filer time and
server time.
30m
timed.proto
Selects whether to use the protocol
used by the
rdate
command or SNTP.
ntp
timed.sched
Schedules when to synchronize the time
with a time server.
hourly
timed.servers
Specifies up to five time servers in order
of contact priority.
None