Ntp Quick Steps - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850-48 Management Manual

Configuring Network Time Protocol (NTP)

NTP Quick Steps

The following steps are designed to show the user the necessary commands to set up NTP on an
OmniSwitch:
1
Designate an NTP server for the switch using the
switch with its NTP time information. For example:
-> ntp server 1.2.5.6
2
Activate the client side of NTP on the switch using the
-> ntp client enable
3
You can check the server status using the
-> show ntp server status 198.206.181.139
IP address
Host mode
Peer mode
Prefer
Version
Key
Stratum
Minpoll
Maxpoll
Delay
Offset
Dispersion
Root distance
Precision
Reference IP
Status
Uptime count
Reachability
Unreachable count
Stats reset count
Packets sent
Packets received
Duplicate packets
Bogus origin
Bad authentication = 0,
Bad dispersion
Last Event
4
You can check the list of servers associated with this client using the
command, as shown:
-> show ntp client server-list
IP Address
================+===+=======+====+==========+=================+==========
1.2.5.6
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show ntp server status
= 198.206.181.139,
= client,
= server,
= no,
= 4,
= 0,
= 2,
= 6 (64 seconds),
= 10 (1024 seconds),
= 0.016 seconds,
= -180.232 seconds,
= 7.945 seconds
= 0.026,
= -14,
= 209.81.9.7,
= configured : reachable : rejected,
= 1742 seconds,
= 1,
= 0,
= 1680 seconds,
= 1,
= 1,
= 0,
= 0,
= 0,
= peer changed to reachable,
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4 0 2
ntp server command. The NTP server provides the
ntp client command. For example:
command, as shown:
show ntp client server-list
Delay Offset
0.06 -0.673
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NTP Quick Steps
Disp
0.017
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