Use this procedure to configure the VLNC4x/VLNC6x time and date using Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP):

• Used for synchronizing network resources

• Adaptation of NTP

• Provides synchronized network timestamp

• Can be used in broadcast or unicast mode

• SNTP client implemented over UDP which listens on port 123

See equivalent CLI command procedure: Procedure 5-9.4: Configure SNTP for the VLNC4x/VLNC6x using CLI commands.

See equivalent CLI commands in Simple Network Time Protocol Commands under Utility commands in the Alcatel-Lucent 1850 Transport Service Switch (TSS-5) Command Line Interface Guide.

Before you perform this procedure, you must have the following:

• You must have already configured your network with the necessary network IP addresses.

• You must know the IP address for the SNTP server you are using.

• You must know the client mode (broadcast or unicast), client port (if other than 123), broadcast poll-interval, client poll-interval, poll-retry, and poll-timeout values you will use.