Viewing and configuring SNTP (Menu)

Procedure
  1. From the Main Menu, select:
    1. 2. Switch Configuration…
    2. 1. System Information
      Figure 15: System Information screen (default values)
  2. Press [E] (for Edit ).

    Move the cursor to the System Name field.

  3. Use the Space bar to move the cursor to the Time Sync Method field.
  4. Use the Space bar to select SNTP, then move to the SNTP Mode field.
  5. Complete one of the following options.

    Option 1

    1. Use the Space bar to select the Broadcast mode.
    2. Move the cursor to the Poll Interval field.
    3. Go to 6. (For Broadcast mode details, see SNTP time synchronization)
      Figure 2: Time configuration fields for SNTP with broadcast mode

      Option 2

    4. Use the Space bar to select the Unicast mode.
    5. Move the cursor to the Server Address field.
    6. Enter the IP address of the SNTP server you want the switch to use for time synchronization.
      NOTE:

      This step replaces any previously configured server IP address. If you will be using backup SNTP servers (requires use of the CLI), see SNTP unicast time polling with multiple SNTP servers.

    7. Move the cursor to the Server Version field. Enter the value that matches the SNTP server version running on the device you specified in the preceding step.

      If you are unsure which version to use, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends leaving this value at the default setting of 3 and testing SNTP operation to determine whether any change is necessary.

      NOTE:

      Using the menu to enter the IP address for an SNTP server when the switch already has one or more SNTP servers configured, the switch deletes the primary SNTP server from the server list. The switch then selects a new primary SNTP server from the IP addresses in the updated list. For more on this topic, see SNTP unicast time polling with multiple SNTP servers.

    8. Move the cursor to the Poll Interval field, then go to step 6.
    Figure 3: SNTP configuration fields for SNTP configured with unicast mode
  6. In the Poll Interval field, enter the time in seconds that you want for a Poll Interval.

    (For Poll Interval operation, see Table 1: SNTP parameters)

  7. Press Enter to return to the Actions line, then S (for Save) to enter the new time protocol configuration in both the startup-config and running-config files.