The HP FlexFabric Switch must be configured to synchronize internal information system clocks with the primary and secondary time sources located in different geographic regions using redundant authoritative time sources.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-66251	HFFS-ND-000100	SV-80741r1_rule		Medium

Description
The loss of connectivity to a particular authoritative time source will result in the loss of time synchronization (free-run mode) and increasingly inaccurate time stamps on audit events and other functions. Multiple time sources provide redundancy by including a secondary source. Time synchronization is usually a hierarchy; clients synchronize time to a local source while that source synchronizes its time to a more accurate source. The HP FlexFabric Switch must utilize an authoritative time server and/or be configured to use redundant authoritative time sources. This requirement is related to the comparison done in CCI-001891. DoD-approved solutions consist of a combination of a primary and secondary time source using a combination or multiple instances of the following: a time server designated for the appropriate DoD network (NIPRNet/SIPRNet); United States Naval Observatory (USNO) time servers; and/or the Global Positioning System (GPS). The secondary time source must be located in a different geographic region than the primary time source.

Description

The loss of connectivity to a particular authoritative time source will result in the loss of time synchronization (free-run mode) and increasingly inaccurate time stamps on audit events and other functions. Multiple time sources provide redundancy by including a secondary source. Time synchronization is usually a hierarchy; clients synchronize time to a local source while that source synchronizes its time to a more accurate source. The HP FlexFabric Switch must utilize an authoritative time server and/or be configured to use redundant authoritative time sources. This requirement is related to the comparison done in CCI-001891. DoD-approved solutions consist of a combination of a primary and secondary time source using a combination or multiple instances of the following: a time server designated for the appropriate DoD network (NIPRNet/SIPRNet); United States Naval Observatory (USNO) time servers; and/or the Global Positioning System (GPS). The secondary time source must be located in a different geographic region than the primary time source.

STIG	Date
HP FlexFabric Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-06-03

Details

Check Text ( C-66897r1_chk )
Determine if the HP FlexFabric Switch is configured to synchronize internal information system clocks with the primary and secondary time sources located in different geographic regions using redundant authoritative time sources. [HP] display ntp status Clock status: synchronized Clock stratum: 4 System peer: 16.110.135.123 Local mode: client Reference clock ID: 16.110.135.123 Leap indicator: 00 Clock jitter: 0.004227 s Stability: 0.000 pps Clock precision: 2^-19 Root delay: 96.75598 ms Root dispersion: 149.76501 ms Reference time: d916fabd.a5c6d326 Mon, Jun 1 2015 9:37:33.647 If the HP FlexFabric Switch is not configured to synchronize internal information system clocks with the primary and secondary time sources located in different geographic regions using redundant authoritative time sources, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-66897r1_chk )

Determine if the HP FlexFabric Switch is configured to synchronize internal information system clocks with the primary and secondary time sources located in different geographic regions using redundant authoritative time sources.

[HP] display ntp status

Clock status: synchronized
Clock stratum: 4
System peer: 16.110.135.123
Local mode: client
Reference clock ID: 16.110.135.123
Leap indicator: 00
Clock jitter: 0.004227 s
Stability: 0.000 pps
Clock precision: 2^-19
Root delay: 96.75598 ms
Root dispersion: 149.76501 ms
Reference time: d916fabd.a5c6d326 Mon, Jun 1 2015 9:37:33.647

If the HP FlexFabric Switch is not configured to synchronize internal information system clocks with the primary and secondary time sources located in different geographic regions using redundant authoritative time sources, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-72327r1_fix)
Configure the HP FlexFabric Switch to synchronize internal information system clocks with the primary and secondary time sources located in different geographic regions using redundant authoritative time sources: [HP] ntp service enable [HP] ntp service unicast-server 16.110.135.123 [HP] ntp service unicast-server 16.110.135.124