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2. Press [E] (for Edit.)

The cursor moves to the System Name field.

3. Use â to move the cursor to the Time Sync Method field.

4. Use the Space bar to select SNTP, then press â once to display and move to the SNTP Mode

field.

5. Complete one of the following options.

Option 1

a. Use the Space bar to select the Broadcast mode.

b. Press â to move the cursor to the Poll Interval field.

c. Go to step 6 (page 37).

Figure 8 Time configuration fields for SNTP with broadcast mode

Option 2

d. Use the Space bar to select the Unicast mode.

e. Press à to move the cursor to the Server Address field.

f. 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.

g. Press â to 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, HP 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.

h. Press à to move the cursor to the Poll Interval field, then go to step 6.

Figure 9 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.

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.

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