Dell Force10 S55T S55 Configuration Guide FTOS 8.3.5.3 - Page 751

• Poll Interval: integer indicating the minimum interval between transmitted messages, in seconds as a power of two. For instance, a value of six indicates a minimum interval of 64 seconds. • Precision: integer indicating the precision of the various clocks, in seconds to the nearest power of two. The value must be rounded to the next larger power of two; for instance, a 50-Hz (20 ms) or 60-Hz (16.67ms) power-frequency clock would be assigned the value -5 (31.25 ms), while a 1000-Hz (1 ms) crystal-controlled clock would be assigned the value -9 (1.95 ms). • Root Delay (sys.rootdelay, peer.rootdelay, pkt.rootdelay): This is a signed fixed-point number indicating the total roundtrip delay to the primary reference source at the root of the synchronization subnet, in seconds. Note that this variable can take on both positive and negative values, depending on clock precision and skew. • Root Dispersion (sys.rootdispersion, peer.rootdispersion, pkt.rootdispersion): This is a signed fixed-point number indicating the maximum error relative to the primary reference source at the root of the synchronization subnet, in seconds. Only positive values greater than zero are possible. • Reference Clock Identifier (sys.refid, peer.refid, pkt.refid): This is a 32-bit code identifying the particular reference clock. In the case of stratum 0 (unspecified) or stratum 1 (primary reference source), this is a four-octet, left-justified, zero-padded ASCII string, for example (see Appendix A for comprehensive list): the case of stratum 2 and greater (secondary reference) this is the four-octet Internet address of the peer selected for synchronization. • Reference Timestamp (sys.reftime, peer.reftime, pkt.reftime): This is the local time, in timestamp format, when the local clock was last updated. If the local clock has never been synchronized, the value is zero. • Originate Timestamp: The departure time on the server of its last NTP message. If the server becomes unreachable, the value is set to zero. • Receive Timestamp: The arrival time on the client of the last NTP message from the server. If the server becomes unreachable, the value is set to zero. • Transmit Timestamp: The departure time on the server of the current NTP message from the sender. • Filter dispersion is the error in calculating the minimum delay from a set of sample data from a peer. System Time and Date | 751