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November 6th, 2017 15:00
PowerConnect 5548 time questions
I have a 5548 with this configuration information in it:
switch1# show bootvar
Unit Image Filename Version Date Status
---- ----- --------- --------- --------------------- -----------
1 1 image-1 4.1.0.19 11-Jun-2015 10:11:17 Not active
1 2 image-2 4.1.0.20 18-Aug-2015 11:35:45 Active*
Clock-specific configuration lines:
clock timezone EST -5
clock summer-time EDT recurring usa
clock source sntp
sntp unicast client enable
sntp unicast client poll
sntp server poll
sntp server poll
sntp server poll
sntp server poll
sntp server poll
The 5 servers are all NTP stratum 1 servers directly connected to the switch.
switch1# show sntp configuration
SNTP port : 123 .
Polling interval: 1024 seconds.
No MD5 authentication keys.
Authentication is not required for synchronization.
No trusted keys.
Unicast Clients: Enabled
Unicast Clients Polling: Enabled
Server Polling Encryption Key
----------------------------- ---------- --------------
Enabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled
Enabled Disabled
switch1# show sntp status
Clock is synchronized, stratum 1, reference is , unicast
Reference time is dda935fb.73d89cbb 02:02:19.0 EST Nov 5 2017
Unicast servers:
Server Status Last Response Offset Delay
[mSec] [mSec]
--------------- --------- ------------------- --------- -------
up 02:02:19.0 EST Nov 3600xxx 0
5 2017
up 02:02:19.0 EST Nov 3600xxx 0
5 2017
up 02:02:19.0 EST Nov 3600xxx -1000
5 2017
up 02:02:19.0 EST Nov 3600xxx -1000
5 2017
up 02:02:19.0 EST Nov 3600xxx 0
5 2017
(where xxx is some random number of milliseconds).
Once we left Daylight Savings Time on Nov 5th, the "show clock" command showed the time was off by one hour, but it had the right timezone.
Two questions:
- To get the right time after we transitioned to EDT, I had to manually enter/change the time, even though it showed the right timezone. Is there something wrong with my configuration? It doesn't appear to be since the status command above showed the local clock was off by 1 hour.
- The red text in show sntp status above says stratum 1, but I believe it should say stratum 2 since the switch is getting its time from a stratum 1 NTP server. Is that a bug?


DELL-Josh Cr
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November 7th, 2017 10:00
Hi,
Did you reboot the switch after the time change to see if it updated to the proper time? If it is pulling time from the NTP server it should be stratum 2, you are correct on that.
Joel_McClung
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November 7th, 2017 14:00
No, I did not reboot the switch to update the time; I just manually set it, then deleted/added the time servers back in so it would sync the time correctly. Every other device on my network transitioned to the right timezone correctly. I'm disappointed that the switch was the only piece of my infrastructure that required manual intervention. I guess you don't see anything in my configuration that stands out as being incorrect? (just doing a sanity check.)
Since I don't have a support contract, can you offer me guidance on how to get bug reports submitted for both issues?
Thank you.
DELL-Josh Cr
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November 7th, 2017 14:00
Yes, we can have it escalated but we haven’t had an update in two years so it may not get an update.
Joel_McClung
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November 7th, 2017 14:00
Please submit the bugs, or tell me how to do it. Even if it isn't fixed for my hardware platform, the bugs should be addressed in the next generation one.