Using NetWare 6.5 NTP\Timesync in a mixed tree during migration of servers to pure NTP

(Last modified: 05Jun2003)

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goal

Migrating to the pure NTP services offered in NetWare 6.5.

fact

Novell Netware 6.5

Novell NetWare 6.0

Novell NetWare 5.1

Novell NetWare 4.11

cause

The proper configuration in a mixed server environment is dependant on many things including the type of model desired (peer to perr, client\server, etc.) and the protocols in use. NetWare 4.11, for instance, can only communicate via NCP over IPX.

fix

During the migration period where you may have 4.11 servers using IPX and 5.0/5.1/6.0 servers using Timesync and NTP over TCP and UDP Novell recommends the use of the provided Timesync.nlm in NetWare 6.5. This will provide the same functionality and compatibility as in previous versions of Timesync.

As an example:With NetWare 6.5 one can unload XNTPD.NLM and load TIMESYNC.NLM. This is the default configuration. Doing so will allow this server to be setup as a reference server pointing to an outside timesource via NTP while still providing backward compatibility for older versions of NetWare dependant on Timesync over both NCP and NTP until all servers have been upgraded to NetWare 6.5.

The 4.11 servers will now point to the NetWare 6.5 server as any other time provider while 5.0 and 5.1 servers will have this server in their configured source list as an IP address appended with a :123 so that they will use NTP over UDP.

Once the servers have been upgraded to 6.5 then TIMESYNC.NLM can be unloaded and XNTPD.NLM will be used.

For more information regarding the use of TIMESYNC.NLM ON NetWare 5.x servers please refer to TID #10050215 - TimeSync Frequently Asked Questions.

note

Additional information regarding the setup and theory of the NTPv3 protocol using XNTPD.NLM and the use of TIMESYNC.NLM as it pertains to NetWare 6.5 can be found in the NetWare 6.5 documentation in section:Network Operating System - Network Time Protocol (NTPv3) and Netware Operating System - Time Management (Timesync).

document

Document Title:	Using NetWare 6.5 NTP\Timesync in a mixed tree during migration of servers to pure NTP
Document ID:	10082583
Solution ID:	NOVL88977
Creation Date:	28Apr2003
Modified Date:	05Jun2003
Novell Product Class:	Beta Novell eDirectory

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