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26 FastIron Configuration Guide
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Specifying an SNTP server
To display detailed information about SNTP associations, enter the show sntp associations details
command.
Syntax: show sntp associations details
The following table describes the information displayed by the show sntp associations details
command.
TABLE 10 Output from the show sntp associations details command
delay The total delay time in milliseconds along the path to the root clock.
disp The dispersion of the root path in milliseconds.
Field Description
IP address The IP address of the SNTP server. The IP address is an IPv4 or an IPv6
address.
configured or dynamic The SNTP server is either configured, or the last responsive broadcast
server that is found dynamically.
authenticated If MD5 authentication is enabled for the peer.
sane or insane If the SNTP server passes sanity checks.
synched or unsynched If the system is synchronized or unsynchronized to the NTP peer.
valid or invalid If the peer time is valid or invalid.
stratum The NTP stratum level of the peer.
reference ID The IP address of the peer (if any) to which the unit is synchronized. The
reference ID can also refer to the external clock source if the peer is
stratum 1.
Examples of external clock source IDs: GPS, CDMA, WWV (Ft.Collins US
Radio 2.5, 5, 10, 15 MHz), CESM (calibrated Cesium clock), etc.
time The reference time stamp.
our mode The mode relative to the peer. The mode can be a client or a broadcast
client.
peer mode Peer mode relative to us.
our poll intvl The system poll interval relative to the peer.
peer poll intv The poll interval of the peer relative to the server.
TABLE 9 Output from the show sntp associations command (Continued)
Field Description
Brocade# show sntp associations details
208.99.8.95 configured,insane, unsynched,invalid, stratum 16
ref ID 0.0.0.0,time 0.0 (Jan 1 00:00:00)
our mode client, peer mode unspec, our poll intvl 15, peer poll intvl 0
root delay 0.0 msec, root disp 0.0
delay 0 msec, offset 0 msec
precision 2**0, version 0
org time 0.0 (Jan 1 00:00:00)
rcv time 0.0 (Jan 1 00:00:00)
xmt time 0.0 (Jan 1 00:00:00)