Using NTP Logs

The following table shows the statistics recorded in NTP logs.

Statistics Recorded in NTP Logs

Statistic

Description

Timestamp

Time that the bytes were transmitted.

Message

The message consists of either a Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) query to the server, or an adjust: message.

Example

In this example, the NTP log shows the appliance polling the NTP host twice.


Thu Sep  9 07:36:39 2004 Info: sntp query host 10.1.1.23 delay 653 offset -652
Thu Sep  9 07:36:39 2004 Info: adjust: time_const: 8 offset: -652us next_poll: 4096
Thu Sep  9 08:44:59 2004 Info: sntp query host 10.1.1.23 delay 642 offset -1152
Thu Sep  9 08:44:59 2004 Info: adjust: time_const: 8 offset: -1152us next_poll: 4096