Symptom
IOS/IOS-XE has a command "show ntp status" that displays the current synchronization status of the system clock with respect to NTP:
IOS-Switch#show ntp status
Clock is synchronized, stratum 2, reference is 192.0.2.100
nominal freq is 119.2092 Hz, actual freq is 119.2083 Hz, precision is 2**18
reference time is E3BEABDC.9993044D (15:44:28.599 UTC Fri Jan 29 2021)
clock offset is 0.0812 msec, root delay is 0.56 msec
root dispersion is 0.72 msec, peer dispersion is 0.64 msec
On NX-OS, this command has to do with NTP distribution via CFS:
Nexus-Switch# show ntp status
Distribution : Disabled
Last operational state: No session
This leads to confusion for IOS/IOS-XE customers who occasionally administer NX-OS switches, as customers think that NTP is disabled and/or not synchronizing even though it's working fine per the output of "show ntp peer-status".
This enhancement improves the output of the "show ntp status" command on NX-OS switches such that it displays information about the current synchronization status of the system clock with respect to NTP.
Conditions
This is observed when viewing the "show ntp status" command on Nexus switches.
Workaround
Utilize the "show ntp peer-status" and "show clock" commands to show information about NTP synchronization status.
