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What does the asterisk mean in the output of the 'sudo ntpq -pn' command?

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  • Network Time Protocol
  • ONTAP 9

Answer

The server IP with '*' on it is currently being used for time synchronization
 
Example:
cluster::*> systemshell -node cluster-1 "sudo ntpq -pn"
  (system node systemshell)
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
xxx.xxx1.95      xxx.xxx5.36       5 u  354  512  377    0.454  -75.830   5.216
xxx.xxx1.96      xxx.xxx1.95       6 u  242  512  377    0.479  -75.481   5.204
*169.254.69.143  127.0.0.1       12 u  345  512  377    0.091  -31.549  13.280
cluster::*> systemshell -node cluster-2 "sudo ntpq -pn"
  (system node systemshell)
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
xxx.xxx1.95      xxx.xxx5.36       5 u  470  512  377    0.452  -49.918   3.878
xxx.xxx1.96      xxx.xxx1.95       6 u  298  512  377    0.447  -51.730   2.459
169.254.77.227  (loop)           7 u   41 1024  377    0.096  +32.936  33.440
 
cluster::*> systemshell -node cluster-2 "sudo ntpq -pn"
  (system node systemshell)
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
*xxx.xxx1.95      xxx.xxx5.36       5 u  172  512  377    0.422  -49.440   3.639
xxx.xxx1.96      xxx.xxx1.95       6 u   18  512  377    0.456  -46.965   5.294
169.254.77.227  (loop)           7 u  280 1024  377    0.096  +32.936  33.440
cluster::*> systemshell -node cluster-1 "sudo ntpq -pn"
  (system node systemshell)
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
*xxx.xxx1.95      xxx.xxx5.36       5 u   63  512  377    0.441  -83.749  10.345
xxx.xxx1.96      xxx.xxx1.95       6 u  492  512  377    0.479  -75.481   5.204
+169.254.69.143  xxx.xxx1.95       6 u   73  512  377    0.091  -31.549  10.963

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