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ONTAP 9 - time server rejected as unreliable

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NTP

Issue

  • Setting NTP server fails with the following error:

Error: command failed: NTP server "123.234.111.222" root error rate of 1.357 is above the limit (16).

  • NTP servers added in ONTAP show on several clusters Server Not Responding or Too Distant or Server Rejected as Unreliable

Example:

::*> cluster time-service ntp status show

Node: node-01
Server                  Reachable  Selection State                Offset (ms)
----------------------- ---------  ------------------------------ ------------
10.0.0.31                    true  Server Not Responding or Too   -28532821.493
                                   Distant
10.0.0.32                    true  Server Not Responding or Too   -28532821.498
                                   Distant
                                   
::*> cluster time-service ntp status show

Node: node-01
Server                  Reachable  Selection State                Offset (ms)
----------------------- ---------  ------------------------------ ------------
10.0.0.12                 true  Server Rejected as Unreliable        69.419
10.0.0.1                  true  Server Rejected as Unreliable      -503.64

 

 

 

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