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October 15th, 2015 09:00
X1052 - Is NTP broken?
I have a simple NTP server running on my network (Ubuntu) and I've confirmed that the server sees its peers and works when queried from other devices, but I can't seem to get any of my X1052s to synchronize with it. I've confirmed that SNTPv4 is pretty much indistinguishable from plain old NTP as far as servers and clients are concerned. I've added the server, configured the switch to use SNTP, and set polling to 60 seconds to test. Debug on the cmd line for these switches leaves a lot to be desired, and I can't seem to figure out where to check ACLs to see if I need to explicitly add one to make this work.
These switches aren't exactly super configurable from the command line or the GUI. Anyone have any clues?
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October 15th, 2015 11:00
Hi,
Is there any authentication configured on your SNTP server? Page 101 http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_networking/esuprt_net_fxd_prt_swtchs/networking-x1000-series_User%27s%20Guide_en-us.pdf
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October 15th, 2015 12:00
No authentication is enabled on the NTP server, and authentication is not configured on the switch. I added an explicit entry to my firewall that allows for NTP traffic to pass from a public NTP server (time-c.nist.gov) through my firewall and into the limited subnet my switches are on and set that public NTP server as the NTP server on my switch, and it still won't sync.
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October 15th, 2015 13:00
Did you do the steps in this guide? http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/HOW10353/EN It is for the N series, but the X series for this should be similar.
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October 15th, 2015 13:00
The X1052 doesn't even recognize sntp as a valid entry on the command line. The scope of commands is extremely limited. Typing ? gives you only 2 or 3 practical, usable commands. This is the issue. If I could set it up via cmd line, it would have been done very quickly.