SRC-PE Release 1.0.x Getting Started Guide > Configuring System Time with the SRC CLI
> Configuring the NTP Boot Server
Configuring the NTP Boot Server
When you boot a C-series platform, it issues an ntpdate
request, which polls a network server to determine the local date and time. Configure a server that the system uses to determine the time when the system boots. Otherwise, NTP cannot synchronize to a time server if the server's time is very far off the local system's time.
To configure the NTP boot server:
- From configuration mode, access the configuration statement that configures NTP.
[edit]
user@host# edit system ntp
- Specify the address or hostname of the network NTP server.
[edit system ntp]
user@host# set boot-server
address
For example:
[edit system ntp]
user@host# set boot-server 192.0.2.20