Use Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers to maintain a synchronized
time and date across the appliances in your collective.
Before you begin
You must be assigned the Appliance administration permission
to perform these steps.
About this task
Configuring a NTP server is important when you are using
a collective. The NTP server helps to correlate the log files between
the different appliances in the collective, ensuring that the dates
and times in the log entries are consistent.
Procedure
- Navigate to the Settings panel. To manage your date and time settings, navigate to the Settings panel
using one of the following methods:
- From the menu bar at the top of the WebSphere® DataPower® XC10 Appliance user
interface, navigate to .
- From the Home panel, click the Customize
settings link in the Step 1: Set up the appliance section.
- Expand Date and Time.
- Select the correct time zone from the The current
time zone is drop-down menu.
- Click Click to add to add a new
NTP server. By default, no NTP servers are configured.
- Click and drag the name of the server to reorder your NTP
servers. The first available NTP server in the list is
used to maintain synchronization.
- Click the remove icon (
) to delete an NTP server.
- Restart the appliance for your changes to become effective. For more information, see Shutting down or restarting the appliance from the user interface
Results
You have defined an NTP server to maintain clock synchronization
across the appliances in your collective.