Viewing Sntp Associations - Motorola WS5100 Series Reference Manual

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5.3.5 Viewing SNTP Associations

The interaction between the switch and a SNTP server constitutes an association. SNTP associations can be
either a peer association (the switch synchronizes to the another system or allows another system to
synchronize to it), or a server association (only the switch synchronizes to the SNTP resource, not the other
way around).
To review the switch's current SNTP associations:
1. Select Services
2. Select the NTP Associations
3. Refer to the following SNTP Association data for each SNTP association displayed:
Address
Reference Clock
Stratum
When
Peer Poll
Reach
> Secure NTP from the main menu tree.
tab.
Displays the numeric IP address of the SNTP resource (Server) providing SNTP
updates to the switch.
Displays the address of the time source the switch is synchronized to.
Displays how many hops the switch is from a SNTP time source. The switch
automatically chooses the SNTP resource with the lowest stratum. The SNTP
supported switch is careful to avoid synchronizing to a server that may not be
accurate. Thus, the NTP enabled switch never synchronizes to a machine not
synchronized itself. The SNTP enabled switch compares the time reported by
several sources, and does not synchronize to a time source whose time is
significantly different than others, even if its stratum is lower.
Displays the date and time when the SNTP association was initiated. Has the
association been trouble free over that time?
Displays the maximum interval between successive messages, in seconds to the
nearest power of two.
Displays the status of the last eight SNTP messages. If an SNTP packet is lost, the
lost packet is tracked over the next eight SNTP messages.