Use the NTP monitor configuration parameters to define service tests.
When you configure the monitor, default values are shown for the timeout and poll interval parameters. These defaults are 30 and 300 seconds respectively. Other defaults listed in the table are not shown during configuration but are applied at the time of saving the configuration details if no value has been specified.
Field |
Description |
|---|---|
server |
The host name of the NTP server. |
description |
A text field for providing descriptive information on the element. |
Active |
Whether of not the profile element should be active when it is opened. |
port |
The port on the NTP server to use. Default: 123 |
localip |
Specifies the IP address of the network interface on the host machine to which the monitor binds when it performs the test. If the monitor's IpAddress property is set, it overrides the value of this field. |
version |
The version of the NTP server to use (1, 2, 3, or 4). Default: 1 |
timeout |
The time, in seconds, to wait for the server to respond. Default: 10 |
retries |
The number of times the monitor should retry to contact the NTP server before quitting. Default: 0 |
poll |
The time, in seconds, between each poll. Default: 300 |
failureretests |
The number of times to retest before indicating a failure. Default: 0 |
retestinterval |
The time, in seconds, to wait between each failure retest. Default: 0 |