"CCNA Exam 200-301: Show NTP Status Command Information"

"Answer: Determining Information from 'show ntp status' Command Output"

Question

Which two pieces of information can you determine from the output of the show ntp status command? (Choose two.)

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A. B. C. D. E.

BD.

Below is the output of the show ntp status command.

From this output we learn that R1 has a stratum of 10 and it is getting clock from 10.1.2.1.

Ri#show ntp status
Clock is synchronized, stratum 10, reference is 10.1.2.1

nominal freq is 250.0000 Hz, actual freq is 249.9987 Hz, precision is 2**18
reference time is DSE492E9.98ACB4CF (13:00:25.596 CST Wed Sep 18 2013)
clock offset is 15.4356 msec, root delay is 52.17 msec

root dispersion is 67.61 msec, peer dispersion is 28.12 msec

The "show ntp status" command is used to display the current status of Network Time Protocol (NTP) configuration on a Cisco device. The output of the command provides several pieces of information related to NTP synchronization. Here is a detailed explanation of the options:

A. Whether the NTP peer is statically configured: The "show ntp status" command output does not provide any information regarding the method used to configure the NTP peer. Therefore, option A is not correct.

B. The IP address of the peer to which the clock is synchronized: The output of the "show ntp status" command displays the IP address of the peer to which the clock is currently synchronized. This information is shown under the "Clock is synchronized" line. Therefore, option B is correct.

C. The configured NTP servers: The "show ntp status" command output does not display the configured NTP servers. To view the configured NTP servers, use the "show ntp associations" or "show ntp servers" command instead. Therefore, option C is not correct.

D. Whether the clock is synchronized: The output of the "show ntp status" command displays the synchronization status of the clock. If the clock is synchronized with the NTP server, the output will show "Clock is synchronized". If the clock is not synchronized, the output will show "Clock is unsynchronized". Therefore, option D is correct.

E. The NTP version number of the peer: The output of the "show ntp status" command does not display the NTP version number of the peer. To view the NTP version number of the peer, use the "show ntp associations" or "show ntp peer" command instead. Therefore, option E is not correct.

In summary, the correct options for the information that can be determined from the output of the "show ntp status" command are B and D.