Motorola Series Switch WS5100 - Manual (Page 194)

5-24 WS5100 Series Switch System Reference Guide
5.3.6 Viewing SNTP Status
Refer to the SNTP Status tab to display performance (status) information relative to the switch’s current
NTP association. Verifying the switch’s SNTP status is important to assess which resource the switch is
currently getting its system time from, as well as the time server’s current differences in time attributes as
compared to the current switch time.
To review the switch’s current NTP associations:
1. Select Services > Secure NTP from the main menu tree.
2. Select the SNTP Status tab.
3. Refer to the SNTP Status field to review the accuracy and performance of the switch’s ability to
synchronize with a NTP server:
CAUTION: After an NTP synchronization using a Symmetric Key, the NTP status will not
automatically be updated (it takes approximately 15 minutes to update within the switch
Web UI.
Leap Indicates if a second will be added or subtracted to SNTP packet transmissions, or if the
transmissions are synchronized.
Stratum Displays how many hops the switch is from its current NTP time source.
Reference Displays the address of the time source the switch is synchronized to.
Frequency A SNTP server clock’s skew (difference) for the switch
Precision Displays the precision (accuracy) of the switch’s time clock (in Hz). The values that normally
appear in this field range from -6 for mains-frequency clocks to -20 for microsecond clocks
found in some workstations.
Reference time Displays the time stamp at which the local clock was last set or corrected.
Clock Offset Displays the time differential between switch time and the NTP resource.
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