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Version Description
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
The following describes the show ntp status command shown in the Example below.
Field Description
“Clock is...” States whether or not the switch clock is synchronized, which NTP stratum the
system is assigned and the IP address of the NTP peer.
“frequency is...” Displays the frequency (in ppm), stability (in ppm) and precision (in Hertz) of the
clock in this system.
“reference time
is...”
Displays the reference time stamp.
“clock offset
is...”
Displays the system offset to the synchronized peer and the time delay on the path
to the NTP root clock.
“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
DellEMC#> show ntp status
Clock is synchronized, stratum 4, reference is 10.16.151.117, vrf-id is 0
frequency is 0.000 ppm, stability is 0.000 ppm, precision is -18
reference time dec0e68a.07b308ac [Wed, Apr 7 0 9:42:34.030 UTC] UTC
clock offset is 0.000000 msec, root delay is 152.003 msec
root dispersion is 1381.293 msec, peer dispersion is 937.690 sec
peer mode is client
DellEMC#
Related
Commands
● show ntp associations — displays information on the NTP master and peer configurations.
1580 System Time and Date