Dell PowerEdge M805 - Manual (Page 163)

Clock Commands 129
sntp client poll timer
Use the sntp client poll timer command in Global Configuration mode to set the polling time for
the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) client. To return to the default settings, use the no
form of this command.
Syntax
sntp client poll timer seconds
no sntp client poll timer
• seconds — Polling interval. (Range: 64-1024 seconds, in powers of 2)
Default Configuration
The polling interval is 64 seconds.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
If a user enters a value which is not an exact power of two, the nearest power-of-two value is
applied.
Example
The following example sets the polling time for the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP)
client to 1024 seconds.
console(config)# sntp client poll timer 1024
sntp server
Use the sntp server command in Global Configuration mode to configure the device to use Simple
Network Time Protocol (SNTP) to request and accept SNTP traffic from a specified server. To
remove a server from the list of SNTP servers, use the no form of this command.
Syntax
sntp server {ip-address | hostname} [priority priority] [poll] [key key-number]
no sntp server ip-address
• ip-address — IP address of the server.
• hostname — Hostname of the server. (Range: 1-158 characters)
• poll — Enables polling.