Hello,

Maybe should you check if your NTP server can be upgraded to a new one. There might be a flaw in the implementation of the protocol that might prevent the Filer to correctly understand the time sync message or on the other hand, a flaw that might prevent NTP server to correctly understand the request from the Filer.

I must say that I'm very surprised that a Linux NTP does not work correctly with a Filer...
Indeed, we rely on a NTP server on Windows NT 4.0 which is W32Time from Microsoft, a very simple product, and I haven't got any problem synchronizing our Filers with it. Since MS is well known for their "particular" implentation of public protocols, I would not be surprised to have problems with it, which it's not the case!

Kind regards,

Michel Geldenhuys
Danone Belgium SA/NV
+32 2 776 68 23
michel.geldenhuys@danone.com

Stephane Bentebba <stephane.bentebba@fps.fr>
Sent by: owner-toasters@mathworks.com

09/01/2004 10:10

To: Jerry <juanino@yahoo.com>
cc: Jason Truong <JasonT@plumtree.com>, toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: Re: ntp time synchronization is not working

i personnally also tried to sync a netapp on a linux box
it didn't work either
i think netapp don't want to support linux ntp service
why ?...

Jerry wrote:

>I'm pretty sure I am syncing to a linux box. Can you
>run ntpq -c peers or ntpq -c ass on the linux box?
>Try taking out your restrict line, restarting and then
>try it... this will just confirm you are not
>restricting yourself on accident.
>
>--- Jason Truong <JasonT@plumtree.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I have ntp running on my of my linux servers which
>>acts as the time server for my network. I want to
>>have my netapp sync to this server using ntp.
>>However I keep getting error messages like:
>> Tue Jan 6 10:52:19 PST [Java Thread:ALERT]:
>>TimeDaemon: Time server 10.1.88.44 is not responding
>>to time synchronization requests
>>
>>Solaris, linux and windows can sync to this server
>>except for my netapp. (Running NetApp Release
>>6.2.1R1)
>>Does anyone experience the same problem ... and if
>>so, how did you fix this?
>>Thank you.
>>Here is my ntp.conf file:
>>####################################################
>>restrict 127.0.0.1
>># syncing with mule
>>server 192.168.1.3
>>restrict 192.168.1.3 mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify
>>notrap noquery
>>
>># ntp-cup.external.hp.com in Cupertino, CA
>>server ntp-cup.external.hp.com
>># ip address 192.6.38.127
>>
>># clock.isc.org in Palo Alto, CA
>>server clock.isc.org
>># ip address 192.5.5.250
>>
>># Use local system time if time servers are not
>>available
>>server 127.127.1.0 # local clock
>>fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
>>
>>driftfile /etc/ntp/drift
>>broadcastdelay 0.008
>>authenticate yes
>>keys /etc/ntp/keys
>>#############################################
>>
>>Jason Truong
>>Plumtree Software
>>(415) 399-7006
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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