CLI Guide

show ntp status
Display the current NTP status.
Syntax
show ntp status
Command Modes
• EXEC
• EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
8.3.16.1 Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
Usage Information The following describes the show ntp status command shown in the following
example.
Field Description
“Clock is...” States whether 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
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.
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System Time