Configuring System Platform to synchronize with an NTP server

About this task

For solution templates supporting the Network Time Protocol (NTP), the use of an NTP server within your network is the preferred configuration for synchronizing System Platform server time to a standards-based NTP time source. Otherwise, manually configure the System Platform server to a local time setting.

Procedure

Click Server Management > Date/Time Configuration.
The system displays the Date/Time Configuration page with default configuration settings.
Within the Select Time Zone panel, select a time zone and click Save at the bottom of the page.
The system sets the selected time zone on the System Platform virtual machines (System Domain (Dom-0) and Console Domain). The system also updates the time zone on the other virtual machines.
Click Use NTP for date and time.
Click the white space within the Set Time and Date panel
The Set Time and Date panel momentarily changes, displaying fields and buttons for configuring, pinging, querying, and removing NTP servers.
Specify the IP address or hostname of a time server in your network and click Add in the Set Time and Date panel.
This adds the newl time server to the configuration file for the local NTP daemon, and the new server should appear in the Added Servers list.
Click Ping to check whether System Platform can reach the specified time server (NTP host) in your network.
Click Save and Start Ntpd to synchronize the System Platform time with the NTP server.
System Platform restarts while NTP synchronization takes effect.
Log in again to the System Platform Web Console.
Click Server Management > Date/Time Configuration.
The system displays the Date/Time Configuration page with default configuration settings.
Click Query State to check the NTP (Network Time Protocol) status.
The system displays the status of the NTP daemon (NTPd) on System Platform. The various time sources in the NTPd status table appear in order of use, with the primary (active) NTP server listed first in the table, followed by one or more entries for fallback (backup) NTP servers in a preferred order.