Policy Pages Reference : System Settings Policies : NTP Settings
  
NTP Settings
You configure NTP setting in the NTP Settings page.
For details, see the SteelHead Management Console User’s Guide.
Complete the configuration as described in this table.
Control
Description
Use NTP Time Synchronization
Enables NTP time synchronization.
Add a New NTP Server
Displays the controls to add a server.
Hostname or IP Address
Specify the hostname or IP address for the NTP server.
Version
Select the NTP server version from the drop-down list: 3 or 4.
Enabled/Disabled
Select Enabled from the drop-down list to connect to the NTP server. Select Disabled from the drop-down list to disconnect from the NTP server.
Key ID
Specify the MD5 key identifier to use to authenticate the NTP server. The valid range is from 1 - 65534. The key ID must appear on the trusted keys list.
Add a New NTP Authentication Key
Displays the controls to add an authentication key to the key list. Both trusted and untrusted keys appear on the list.
Key ID
Optionally, specify the secret MD5 key identifier for the NTP server. The valid range is from 1 - 65534.
Secret (Text)
Specify the shared secret. You must configure the same shared secret for both the NTP server and the NTP client to use MD5-based cryptography.
The shared secret:
•  is limited to 16 characters or less
•  cannot include white space or #s
•  cannot be empty
•  is case sensitive
The secret appears in the key list as its MD5 hash value.