Chapter 3 System Configuration 35
▼ To Configure the XSCF as an NTP Client
If you are using NTP, an ntp.conf file must be created on the domains. Refer to
“Time Synchronization and NTP Service” on page 23 for information. This section
describes how to set the XSCF as an NTP client.
1. Log in to the XSCF console with platadm privileges.
2. Type the setntp command:
where address is the IP address of the NTP server.
3. Reset the Service Processor with the rebootxscf command to make the
settings effective:
4. To verify the operation, type the showntp command.
▼ To Configure the XSCF as an NTP Server
If you are using NTP, an ntp.conf file must be created on the domains. Refer to
“Time Synchronization and NTP Service” on page 23 for information. This section
describes how to set the XSCF as an NTP server.
Note – Check the Product Notes for your server, which may contain important
information about using the XSCF as NTP server.
1. Log in to the XSCF console with platadm privileges.
2. Type the setntp command:
where stratum_no is the stratum value for the NTP server. The default value is 5.
3. Reset the Service Processor with the rebootxscf command to make the
settings effective:
XSCF> setntp -c add address
XSCF> rebootxscf
XSCF> showntp -a
XSCF> setntp -c stratum -i stratum_no
XSCF> rebootxscf
