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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 SET NTP CONFIG PARAMETERS and GET NTP CONFIG PARAMETERS.

Table 1. NTP configuration parameters
Parameter selector#Parameter data (non-volatile)
Operation mode0
Data 1 - Set mode
  • 0x00 - Disabled
  • 0x01 - Daemon mode
  • 0x02 - Requested mode
NTP server 11

Data 1 - Length

Data [2:N] - NTP server IP address in ASCII

NTP server 22

Data 1 - Length

Data [2:N] - NTP server IP address in ASCII

NTP server 33

Data 1 - Length

Data [2:N] - NTP server IP address in ASCII

Requested mode’s update frequency in minutes4

Data [1:2] - Update frequency. LS-byte first.

Time synchronization mode5
Data 1 - Set mode
  • 0x00 - Slew mode
  • 0x01 - Step mode
Use server or client time zone6
Data 1 - Set mode
  • 0x00 - Server mode
  • 0x01 - Client mode
Server time zone7
Data 1 - Set type
  • 0x00 - Time zone string
  • 0x02 - Time zone UTC
For type = 0
  • Byte [2:N] - The time zone string; i.e., Asia/Taipei
  • Byte [N+1] - Terminate character (\0)
Immediate sync8
No data required.
Note
To avoid the expected error message for NTP timeout exceeds ipmitool default timeout, “-N 10” is recommended.