8 Preparing for Sysplex and  configuring Server Time Protocol This chapter describes the preparation tasks for IBM Parallel Sysplex and how to configure  time synchronization with Server Time Protocol (STP).  This chapter includes the following topics:  GLYPH<SM590000> 8.1, “Preparing for Parallel Sysplex” on page 160 GLYPH<SM590000> 8.2, “Preparing for non-sysplex syste m time synchronization” on page 160 GLYPH<SM590000> 8.3, “Server Time Protocol overview” on page 160 GLYPH<SM590000> 8.4, “Configuring the HMC as an NTP server” on page 162 GLYPH<SM590000> 8.5, “New in HMC V2.14.0: Manage System Time task” on page 173 GLYPH<SM590000> 8.6, “Single-server STP-only CTN” on page 176 GLYPH<SM590000> 8.7, “Adding the z14 ZR1 server to a CTN” on page 189 GLYPH<SM590000> 8.8, “Assign an STP role to the CPC” on page 193 159 ' Copyright IBM Corp. 2018, 2019. All rights reserved.