Why is the system time needed, How does sntp work – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Managing General System Settings

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SDM Template Configuration Guidelines

When you configure the switch to use an SDM template that is not currently

in use, you must reload the switch for the configuration to take effect.

If the IPv4 Routing or IPv4 Data Center template is currently in use and you

attempt to configure IPv6 routing features without first selecting the Dual

IPv4-IPv6 Routing template, the IPv6 commands do not take effect. IPv6

features are not available when an IPv4-only template is active.

Why is the System Time Needed?

The switch uses the system clock to provide time stamps on log messages.

Additionally, some show commands include the time in the command

output. For example, the show users login-history command includes a Login

Time field. The system clock provides the information for the Login Time

field.

How Does SNTP Work?

SNTP assures accurate switch clock time synchronization. Time

synchronization is performed by a network SNTP server.

IPv6 Neighbor Discovery

Protocol (NDP) entries

2560

0

0

IPv6 unicast routes

4096

0

0

ECMP next hops

4

4

16

IPv4 multicast routes

1536

2048

2048

IPv6 multicast routes

512

0

0

NOTE:

If you attach a unit to a stack and its template does not match the stack's

template, then the new unit will automatically reboot using the template used by

the management unit. To avoid the automatic reboot, you may first set the

template to the template used by the management unit. Then power off the new

unit, attach it to the stack, and power it on.

Table 11-3. SDM Template Parameters and Values (Continued)

Parameter

Dual IPv4/IPv6

IPv4 Only

IPv4 Data Center

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