Synchronizing time across the network provides a service that maintains consistent time stamps for enterprise environments with several servers in different time zones.
Time synchronization provides network time for the following:
NDS Time Servers use TIMESYNC to provide synchronized time for network services.
If there are fewer than 30 servers on the network, use the default settings of a single reference time server and a secondary time server.
For more than 30 servers, plan a custom environment using a reference time server, primary time server, and secondary time servers. You can also specify which communication method the time servers will use: SAP or a configured list.
TIMESYNC allows NetWare servers to synchronize their time with an authoritative external time source, such as an atomic clock, through an asynchronous connection such as a modem. NTP (Network Time Protocol) is an Internet Protocol that can be used with TIMESYNC to query authoritative time servers over the Internet rather than with a dialup connection.