Ntp Broadcast - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Reference Manual

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ntp broadcast

To enable a Network Time Protocol (NTP) IPv4 broadcast server on the specified interface, use the ntp
broadcast command. To disable the NTP IPv4 broadcast server, use the no form of this command.
Syntax Description destination ip-address
key key-id
version number
Defaults None
Command Modes Interface configuration mode (config-if)
Supported User Roles network-admin
network-operator
vdc-admin
vdc-operator
Command History Release
6.2(2)
Usage Guidelines Use NTP broadcast or multicast associations when time accuracy and reliability requirements are
modest, your network is localized, and the network has more than 20 clients. We recommend that you
use NTP broadcast or multicast associations in networks that have limited bandwidth, system memory,
or CPU resources.
Time accuracy is marginally reduced in NTP broadcast associations because information flows only one
Note
way.
This command does not require a license.
Examples
This example shows how to enable an NTP IPv4 broadcast server on the interface:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# interface ethernet 6/1
switch(config-if)# ntp broadcast destination 192.0.2.10
OL-25806-03
ntp broadcast [destination ip-address] [key key-id] [version number]
no ntp broadcast [destination ip-address] [key key-id] [version number]
(Optional) Configures the broadcast destination IPv4 address.
(Optional) Configures the broadcast authentication key number. The range
is from 1 to 65535.
(Optional) Configures the NTP version. The range is from 2 to 4.
Modification
This command was introduced.
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