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.