Administrator Guide

Version Description
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.6(0.0) Added support for VRF.
9.4.(0.0) Added support for VRF.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.4.1.0 Added IPv6 support.
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.
show ntp status
Display the current NTP status.
Syntax
show ntp status
Command Modes
● EXEC
● EXEC Privilege
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. 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
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
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.
1256 System Time and Date