Administrator Guide

Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Version
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-Version
6.1.1.0
Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
You also must configure an authentication key for NTP traffic using the ntp
authentication-key command.
ntp authentication-key
Specify a key for authenticating the NTP server.
Syntax
ntp authentication-key number md5 [0 | 7] key
Parameters
number Specify a number for the authentication key. The range is
from 1 to 4294967295.
This number must be the same as the number parameter
configured in the ntp trusted-key command.
md5 Specify that the authentication key is encrypted using MD5
encryption algorithm.
0 Specify that authentication key is entered in an unencrypted
format (default).
7 Specify that the authentication key is entered in DES
encrypted format.
key Enter the authentication key in the previously specified
format.
Defaults NTP authentication is not configured by default. If you do not specify the option [0
| 7], 0 is selected by default.
System Time and Date
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