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To view the NTP configuration, use the show running-config ntp command in EXEC privilege mode. The following
example shows an encrypted authentication key (in bold). All keys are encrypted.
Dell EMC(conf)#show running-config ntp
!
ntp master
ntp server 10.16.127.44
ntp server 10.16.127.86
ntp server 10.16.127.144
Dell EMC (conf)#
Dell EMC#show ntp associations
remote vrf-Id ref clock st when poll reach delay offset disp
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LOCAL(0) 0 .LOCL. 7 7 16 7 0.000 0.000 0.002
10.16.127.86 0 10.16.127.26 5 3 16 7 0.498 361.760 0.184
10.16.127.144 0 10.16.127.26 5 1 16 7 0.492 359.171 0.219
10.16.127.44 0 10.16.127.26 5 5 16 7 0.498 355.501 0.188
* master (synced), # backup, + selected, - outlier, x falseticker
Dell EMC#
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.
Configuring NTP control key password
The Network Time Protocal daemon (NTPD) design uses NTPQ to configure NTPD. NTP control key supports encrypted
and unencrypted password options. The ntp control-key- passwd command authenticates NTPQ packets. The default
792
System Time and Date