Reference Guide

NOTE:
• Leap Indicator (sys.leap, peer.leap, pkt.leap) — This is a two-bit code warning of an impending
leap second to be inserted in the NTP time scale. The bits are set before 23:59 on the day of insertion and
reset after 00:00 on the following day. This causes the number of seconds (rollover interval) in the day of
insertion to be increased or decreased by one. In the case of primary servers, the bits are set by operator
intervention, while in the case of secondary servers, the bits are set by the protocol. The two bits, bit 0, and
bit 1, respectively, are coded as follows:
• Poll Interval — integer indicating the minimum interval between transmitted messages, in seconds as a
power of two. For instance, a value of six indicates a minimum interval of 64 seconds.
• Precision — integer indicating the precision of the various clocks, in seconds to the nearest power of two.
The value must be rounded to the next larger power of two; for instance, a 50 Hz (20 ms) or 60 Hz (16.67ms)
power-frequency clock is assigned the value -5 (31.25 ms), while a 1000 Hz (1 ms) crystal-controlled clock
is assigned the value -9 (1.95 ms).
• Root Delay (sys.rootdelay, peer.rootdelay, pkt.rootdelay) — a signed fixed-point number
indicating the total round-trip delay to the primary reference source at the root of the synchronization
subnet, in seconds. This variable can take on both positive and negative values, depending on clock
precision and skew.
• Root Dispersion (sys.rootdispersion, peer.rootdispersion, pkt.rootdispersion) —
a signed fixed-point number indicating the maximum error relative to the primary reference source at the
root of the synchronization subnet, in seconds. Only positive values greater than zero are possible.
• Reference Clock Identifier (sys.refid, peer.refid, pkt.refid) — This is a 32-bit code identifying
the particular reference clock. In the case of stratum 0 (unspecified) or stratum 1 (primary reference
source), this is a four-octet, left-justified, zero-padded ASCII string, for example: in the case of stratum 2
and greater (secondary reference) this is the four-octet internet address of the peer selected for
synchronization.
• Reference Timestamp (sys.reftime, peer.reftime, pkt.reftime) — This is the local time, in
timestamp format, when the local clock was last updated. If the local clock has never been synchronized,
the value is zero.
• Originate Timestamp: The departure time on the server of its last NTP message. If the server
becomes unreachable, the value is set to zero.
• Receive Timestamp — the arrival time on the client of the last NTP message from the server. If the server
becomes unreachable, the value is set to zero.
• Transmit Timestamp — the departure time on the server of the current NTP message from the sender.
• Filter dispersion — the error in calculating the minimum delay from a set of sample data from a peer.
FTOS Time and Date
You can set the time and date using the FTOS CLI.
Configuration Task List
The following is a configuration task list for configuring the time and date settings.
• Setting the Time and Date for the Switch Hardware Clock
• Setting the Time and Date for the Switch Software Clock
• Setting the Timezone
• Setting Daylight Saving Time Once
• Setting Recurring Daylight Saving Time
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