NTP Statistics Menu
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Field Descriptions
The following section describes the fields displayed using the ntpstat command.
system uptime. The number of seconds the local NTP server has been associated with the
switch.
time since reset. The number of seconds since the last time the local NTP server was restarted.
bad stratum in packet. The number of NTP packets received that had a corrupted stratum bit in
the data of the packet.
old version packets. The number of NTP packets received that were of an older version of NTP
(either version 1 or 2).
new version packets. The number of NTP packets received that were version 3 of NTP.
unknown version number. The number of NTP packets received for which the version was
unknown (most likely due to packet corruption).
bad packet length. The number of NTP packets received that did not fit the NTP packet struc-
ture (most likely due to packet corruption).
packets processed. The total number of NTP packets processed.
bad authentication. The number of NTP packets rejected because they did not meet authentica-
tion standards.
limitation rejects. The number of NTP packets rejected because there were restrictions set on
their point of origin. For information on setting restrictions, see Create Restrict Entry/Add Flags
to Entry on page 12-39.

Display Server Statistics Associated with Particular Peer(s)

The ntppstat command allows you to view statistics for a specific NTP peer. To view statistics
for a peer, enter the ntppstat command as shown:
ntppstat <ipAddress>
where <ipAddress> is the address of the peer for which you want to view statistics. For exam-
ple, to view statistics for a peer with IP address 131.218.18.4, enter the following:
ntppstat 131.216.18.4
A screen similar to the following displays:
remote host : 131.216.18.4
local interface : 0.0.0.0
time last received : 9s
time until next send : 6s
reachability change : 2973s
packets sent : 184
packets received : 181
bad authentication : 2
bogus origin : 2
duplicate : 6
bad dispersion : 69
bad reference time : 1
candidate order : 1