Service Manual

Field Description
“root dispersion
is...”
Displays the root and path dispersion.
“peer mode is...” State what NTP mode the switch is. This should be Client mode.
Example
Dell#show ntp status
Clock is unsynchronized, stratum 16, no reference clock
frequency is 0.000 ppm, stability is 0.000 ppm, precision is 4294967279
reference time is 00000000.00000000 (6:28:16.000 UTC Thu Feb 7 2036)
clock offset is 0.000000 msec, root delay is 0.00000 sec
root dispersion is 0.00000 sec, peer dispersion is 0.000 msec
peer mode is unspec
Dell#
Related Commands show ntp associations — displays information on the NTP master and peer configurations.
System Time and Date 1225