H3C Technologies H3C WX6000 Series Access Controllers - Manual (Page 495)

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Configuring a broadcast client
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Enter interface view
interface interface-type
interface-number
Required
Enter the interface used to receive
NTP broadcast messages
Configure the switch to work in the
NTP broadcast client mode
ntp-service broadcast-client Required
Configuring the broadcast server
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Enter interface view
interface interface-type
interface-number
Enter the interface used to send
NTP broadcast messages
Configure the switch to work in the
NTP broadcast server mode
ntp-service broadcast-server
[ authentication-keyid keyid |
version
number ]*
Required
A broadcast server can synchronize broadcast clients only after its clock has been synchronized.
Configuring NTP Multicast Mode
The multicast server periodically sends NTP multicast messages to multicast clients, which send replies
after receiving the messages and synchronize their local clocks.
For switches working in the multicast mode, you need to configure both the server and clients. The NTP
multicast mode must be configured in the specific interface view.
Configuring a multicast client
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Enter interface view
interface interface-type
interface-number
Enter the interface used to receive
NTP multicast messages
Configure the switch to work in the
NTP multicast client mode ntp-service multicast-client
[ ip-address ]
Required
Configuring the multicast server
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Enter interface view interface interface-type interface-number
Enter the interface used to send
NTP multicast message