Concept Guide

Supported Modes Full–Switch
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference 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
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#
1328 System Time