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Configuring NTP on OpenVMS?

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The Question is:

 
Does the OpenVMS TCP/IP product support NTP as a client? Doc seems to imply it
 can only function as a server.
 

The Answer is :

 
  NTP has a heirarchy of layers, called strata.  The further away from
  the actual NTP time source, the lower the strata.
 
  NTP explicity configured at stratum one provides time to NTP operating
  at lower strata, and the provided time is acquired based on the local
  system time or via some locally-accessable external time source.
 
  NTP at other (lower) strata both receive time from higher strata and can
  provide time to lower strata, and automatically adjust the local stratum.
  The highest stratum is one, and the lowest available stratum is fifteen.
 
  The TCP/IP Services NTP package can operate at any stratum, and can be
  configured as a peer, as a client, or as a broadcast server.
 
  For details, please see TCPIP$NTP.CONF or (prior to V5) UCX$NTP.CONF,
  and please see:
 
http://www.openvms.digital.com:8000/72final/6526/6526profile_015.html#ntp_chap
 
  Also please see topics 104, 949, 1427, 1506, 1530, 2030, 2054, 2430, 2480,
  2907, 2957, 3030, 3452, 3556, 3898, and 4095.
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 17-MAY-2000 )
     
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