Technical Tip: How FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer use multiple NTP servers
Description
This article describes how FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer use multiple NTP servers.
Solution
The FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer System Time settings allow the administrator to configure multiple NTP servers.
This article describes how FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer use multiple NTP servers.
Solution
The FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer System Time settings allow the administrator to configure multiple NTP servers.
The order of the configured servers does not define priority.
On each scheduled poll, defined by the Sync Interval, the NTP daemon is resolving and connecting to all configured server addresses.
On each scheduled poll, defined by the Sync Interval, the NTP daemon is resolving and connecting to all configured server addresses.
The system is selecting which server to synchronize with, based on the various NTP server parameters.