Install the S8300
Issue 7 January 2005
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Network Time Server Screen
Make the following choices, according to the planning documentation:
- Choose Disable NTP if the user does not want the Network Time Protocol to run on the
S8300 Media Server.
Select this option to disable Network Time Protocol (NTP) and use the media server’s
own clock as a time source. You typically choose this option if this is the only media
server in the configuration and it will not be synchronized with an external time source.
- Choose Enable NTP if the S8300 Media Server will be the primary NTP server.
Optionally, you can provide the address of the survivable S8300 Media Server in the
local survivable configuration. Select this option to enable NTP and use the media
server’s own clock as a time source. You typically choose this option if there is more than
one media server in the configuration (for example, this or another media server may be
acting as an LSP standby unit), and an external time source is not available to provide
