Deployment Guide

prefer (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword prefer to indicate that this peer has priority over other
servers.
version number (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword version and a number to correspond to the NTP
version used on the server. The range is from 1 to 3.
Defaults Not congured.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Supported Modes All Modes
Command History
Version Description
9.2(0.0) Supported on the M I/O Aggregator.
Usage Information
You can congure multiple time-serving hosts (up to 250). From these time-serving hosts, the operating system
chooses one NTP host with which to synchronize.
Because many polls to NTP hosts can impact network performance, Dell Networking recommends limiting the
number of hosts congured.
show calendar
Display the current date and time based on the switch hardware clock.
Syntax
show calendar
Command Modes
• EXEC
• EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes All Modes
Command History
Version Description
9.4(0.0) Supported on the FN I/O Aggregator.
8.3.17.0 Supported on the M I/O Aggregator.
Example
Dell#show calendar
12:29:34 pacific Tue May 22 2012
Dell#
Related Commands show clock— displays the time and date from the switch software clock.
show clock
Displays the current clock settings.
Syntax
show clock [detail]
Parameters
detail (OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword detail to view the source information of the clock.
408 System Time