IEEE 1588 PTP Slave

Time-Stamping and Time Synchronization
Platform
Napatech SmartNIC
Content Type
User Guide
Capture Software Version
Link™ Capture Software 12.2

Description

NT SmartNICs can be connected to an IEEE 1588 PTP network and synchronize the time stamp clock to a PTP grandmaster.

Illustration

The figure shows an NT SmartNIC configured in PTP slave mode. The Napatech SmartNIC time stamp clock (TS Clk) is synchronized to the PTP grandmaster reference clock (Ref Clk).
Note: On NT200A02 and NT200A01 SmartNICs the RJ45 port on the external time synchronization connector is replaced by a separate RJ45 time synchronization connector.
Page-1 Sheet.1 Sheet.2 Sheet.3 Sheet.4 Sheet.5 Sheet.6 Sheet.7 Sheet.8 Napatech Accelerator Napatech SmartNIC Sheet.9 PTP Slave PTP Slave Sheet.10 Sheet.11 TS TS Sheet.12 Clk Clk Sheet.13 Sheet.14 Sheet.15 Sheet.16 Sheet.17 Sheet.18 Sheet.19 PTP Grandmaster PTP Grandmaster Sheet.20 Sheet.21 Ref Ref Sheet.22 Clk Clk Sheet.23 Sheet.24 Sheet.25 Sheet.26 Sheet.27 RJ45 RJ45 Sheet.28 Sheet.29 Sheet.30 Sheet.31 PTP PTP Sheet.32 Sheet.33 Sheet.34 Sheet.35 Sheet.36 Sheet.37 PTP PTP Sheet.38 Network Network Sheet.39 Sheet.40 Sheet.41 TS Con TS Con Sheet.42 Sheet.43 Sheet.44

ntservice.ini configuration

These ntservice.ini code lines configure the NT SmartNIC (Napatech SmartNIC PTP Slave) for the setup in Illustration and to permanently run in PTP slave-only mode (clock class 255).

TimeSyncReferencePriority = PTP, FreeRun