AudioCodes Mediant 8000 - Viewing NTP Servers Status; Table 30-2: NTP Server Status Parameters

Version 6.6 273 October 2014
Installation & Operation Manual 30. Time and Date Configuration
30.7 Viewing NTP Servers' Status
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To view NTP servers' status:
1. Click the
button to access the Media Gateway status screen.
2. In the Navigation pane, select Time And Date
NTP Servers; the NTP Servers
list is displayed.
3. Select a specific row and then in the configuration pane, click NTP Server
Settings; the NTP Server Settings screen is displayed.
4. Select the General Information tab to view the status of the NTP server as
described in the table below.
Table
30-2: NTP Server Status Parameters
Parameter Name Type Provisioning
Type
Description
NTP Server
Status
Enum
Reject, Falsetick,
Excess, Outlyer,
Selected,
Candidate,
SysPeer, PpsPeer
Read-Only Indicates the status of the connectivity
between the Media Gateway and the NTP
server.
The following values are supported:
 Reject – server is discarded due to
high stratum and/or failed sanity
checks
 Falsetick – server is designated false
ticker by the intersection algorithm
 Excess – server is picked out from the
end of the candidate list
 Outlyer – server is discarded by the
clustering algorithm
 Selected – server is selected for
synchronization, however distance
exceeds maximum
 Candidate – server is included in the
final synchronization selection list
 SysPeer – server is selected for
synchronization
 PpsPeer – server is selected for
synchronization; Pulse-per-second
(PPS) signal in use
Reference ID String Read-Only Identifies the reference clock of a specific
NTP Server. A Reference ID that starts
with 127.127 indicates that the NTP
Server currently generates the clock from
its local clock source (hardware clock).