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NTP configuration parameters

NTP configuration parameters for SET_NTP_CONFIG_PARAMETERS and GET_NTP_CONFIG_PARAMETERS.

The following are detailed parameters for OEMCMD_SET_NTP_CONFIG_PARAMETERS and OEMCMD_GET_NTP_CONFIG_PARAMETERS.

Table 1. NTP configuration parameters
Parameter selector#Parameter data (non-volatile)
Operation Mode0data1 - Set mode.

  • 0: Disabled

  • 1: Daemon Mode

  • 2: Requested Mode

NTP Server 11
  • data1 - string length, Max = 128
  • data2N - the string of NTP IP address or hostname
NTP Server 22
  • data1 - string length, Max = 128
  • data2:N - the string of NTP IP address or hostname
NTP Server 33
  • data1 - string length, Max = 128
  • data2:N - the string of NTP IP address or hostname
Requested Mode’s Update Frequency in Minutes4data1:2 - Update Frequency. LS-byte first.
Time Synchronization Mode5data1 - Set mode.

  • 0: Slew Mode

  • 1: Step Mode

Use Server or Client Time Zone6data1 - Set mode.

  • 0: Server Mode

  • 1: Client Mode

Server Time Zone7data1 - Set type

  • 0: Time Zone String

  • 2: Time Zone UTC

For type = 0

  • data2:N - the time zone string, i.e., Asia/Taipei

  • data N+1 - terminate character (\0)

Immediate Sync8No data required.
Note
To avoid the expected error message for NTP timeout exceeds ipmitool default timeout, “-N 10” is recommended.