This article will explain about the NTP synchronization status of VC members.

• It is a 3 member virtual chassis.
• FPC0= Master FPC1= Backup, FPC2=Line card.
• NTP clock synced with master and for backup and line card it shows local time as mentioned in below example.

fpc0:
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Current time: 2024-1-07 08:42:26 IST
Time Source: NTP CLOCK
System booted: 2022-10-23 07:52:02 IST(1d 00:50 ago)
Protocols started: 2022-10-23 08:02:57 IST (1d 00:39 ago)
Last configured: 2022-10-23 12:24:49 IST (20:17:37 ago) by junos.
8:42AM up 1 day, 50 mins, 2 users, load averages: 0.94, 0.80, 0.66

fpc1:
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Current time: 2024-1-7 08:42:27 IST
Time Source: LOCAL CLOCK 
System booted: 2022-10-23 07:56:21 IST (1d 00:46 ago)
Protocols started: 2022-10-23 08:11:21 IST (1d 00:31 ago)
Last configured: 2022-10-23 12:24:43 IST (20:17:44 ago) by junos.
8:42AM up 1 day, 46 mins, 0 users, load averages: 0.37, 0.45, 0.41

fpc2:
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Current time: 2024-1-7 08:42:27 IST
Time Source: LOCAL CLOCK 
System booted: 2022-10-23 07:51:57 IST (1d 00:50 ago)
Last configured: 2022-10-23 12:24:43 IST (20:17:44 ago) by junos.
8:42AM up 1 day, 51 mins, 0 users, load averages: 0.34, 0.25, 0.23

• It is an expected behavior in virtual chassis setup.
• NTP Clock only shows in master switch.
• Local clock is expected on the backup and line card switch as they are connected with the master for the time sync, hence it shows local clock.
• The Backup member and the line card switch synchronizes time from the Master member. Hence, the time source for the Backup is displayed as Local clock instead of NTP clock as Time Source.