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EMS message NTP CLOCK SKEW DETECTED error reported on ONTAP

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ONTAP 9

Issue

  • An EMS message NTP CLOCK SKEW DETECTED – ERROR” is reported.
  • The ntpdc -p output shows a large time offset (approximately -623 seconds) from two configured external NTP servers, while cluster peer offsets remain near zero.
    　remote local      st poll reach  delay   offset disp
    　=======================================================================
    　=169.254.xx.xx   169.254.xx.xx  12   64   17 0.00008 +0.000073 0.96858
    　=192.168.xx.xx   172.16.xx.xx   2    64  377 0.00070 -623.1491 0.03091
    　=192.168.xx.xx   172.16.xx.xx   1    64  377 0.00050 -623.1492 0.03098

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