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 o  acting courier role

    Default: noncourier         Value: courier or noncourier

    Specifies whether a backup courier is currently functioning
    as a courier. If the role is noncourier, then the node is not
    attempting to synchronize with global servers.

 o  advertisement interval

    Default: 0-01:30:00.000    Value: 0-00:00:30.000-99-99:99:99.999

    Specifies the amount of time between a server's advertisement
    broadcasts.

 o  check interval

    Default: 0-01:30:00.00     Value: 0-00:00:30.000-99-99:99:99.999

    Specifies the amount of time between checks for faulty servers.
    Applicable only to servers that have external time-providers.

 o  clock adjustment rate

    Specifies the rate at which the DECdts server or clerk entity
    adjusts the node's clock during a synchronization.

 o  courier role

    Default: noncourier        Value: See following description.

    Specifies a server's interaction with the set of global servers.

    backup courier   The local server becomes a courier if none are
                     available on the LAN.

    courier          The local server synchronizes with the global set
                     of servers.

    noncourier       The local server does not routinely synchronize
                     with the global set of servers.

 o  DNA Version

    Specifies the Distributed Network Architecture version to which
    the DECdts software conforms.

 o  DTSS Version

    Specifies the DTSS module/DECdts software version installed on the
    node.

 o  epoch number

    Default: 0                 Value: 0-255

    Specifies the server's epoch number. The change command modifies
    this characteristic.

 o  error tolerance

    Default: 0-00:10:00.000    Value: 0-00:00:00.500-99-99:99:99.999

    Specifies the maximum separation allowed between the local clock
    and the computed time before synchronizations become abrupt rather
    than gradual (monotonic).

 o  global directory

    Specifies the full name of the DECdns directory that contains the
    list of DECdts servers that belong to the global set.

 o  lan timeout

    Default: 0-00:00:02.000    Value: 0-00:00:01.000-0-00:05:00.000

    Specifies the amount of time the node waits for a response
    to a synchronization request before sending another request
    or declaring a server to be unavailable. The node sends
    three requests before declaring a non-responding server to be
    unavailable.

 o  maximum clock drift rate

    Specifies the worst case drift rate of the node's clock, in
    nanoseconds per second, as determined by the manufacturer's
    specifications.

 o  maximum inaccuracy

    Default: 0-00:01:40.00     Value: 0-00:00:00.0 - 99 99:99:99.99

    Specifies the inaccuracy limit for the node. When the node exceeds
    the maximum inaccuracy setting, it attempts to synchronize.

 o  query attempts

    Default: 3                 Value: 1-10

    Specifies the number of attempts that a node makes to contact a
    server before the node considers the server unavailable.

 o  servers required

    Default: 3 (servers)       Value: 1-32
              1 (clerks)

    Specifies the minimum number of servers the specified node must
    successfully query for time values before it can synchronize.

 o  synchronization hold down

    Default: 0-00:10:00.0(Clerks) Value: 0-00:00:30.0- 01 00:00:00.00
              0-00:02.00.0-(Servers)

    Specifies the interval a node must wait to synchronize. Also
    specifies synchronization frequency when a node reaches the value
    specified by the maximum inaccuracy characteristic.

 o  time provider present

    Default: false              Value: True or false

    Specifies whether or not the entity used an external time-provider
    at the last synchronization. This attribute applies to servers
    only.

 o  time representation version

    Specifies the timestamp version (format) used by the installed
    DECdts software.

 o  type

    Specifies whether the node is a DECdts server or clerk. The create
    command modifies this characteristic.

 o  wan timeout

    Default: 0-00:00:15.000    Value: 0-00:00:01.000-0-00:10:00.000

    Specifies the amount of time the node waits for a response to a
    WAN synchronization request before sending another request and
    declaring a global server to be unavailable. The node sends three
    requests before declaring a non-responding global server to be
    unavailable.
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