CLI Guide

The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.6(0.0) Added support for VRF.
9.4.(0.0) Added support for VRF.
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 oset is...” Displays the system oset 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 congurations.
System Time 1291