A time server must be used to keep the clocks of the nodes synchronized.
The panel for configuring NTP time servers is shown below. Click Add to
add a time server.Figure 1. Configure Time Server
Note: A warning message will appear if the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) client is currently
being used to keep the clock synchronized, as shown in the figure below. The SNTP and NTP clients
cannot run simultaneously.
Figure 2. SNTP Warning
There are three options for configuring time synchronization as discussed in Time synchronization using NTP. The instructions below describe how to configure each option.
External time server
Click Add to add a time server to the setup source node. You can add up
to 10 time servers.
For Specify NTP server information for copy node, select Use
the same external time server as the source node.
Chained time server
Click Add to add a time server to the setup source node. You can add up
to 10 time servers.
For Specify NTP server information for copy node, select Use
source node as the chained time server .
Peer time server
Do not add a time server to the setup source node.
For Specify NTP server information for copy node, select Use
source node as the chained time server .
