Network Time Protocol (Huawei)

Technology: Network Services

Area: Network Time Protocol (NTP)

Vendor: Huawei

Software: eNSP, Quidway software

Platform: Huawei Switches

Network Time Protocol (NTP) is an application layer protocol belonging to the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite. NTP synchronizes time between time servers and clients. NTP implementation is based on Internet Protocol (IP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP). NTP transmission occurs through UDP port 123.

To configure NTP to device, use the following command: