Time Synchronization Modes

Time-Stamping and Time Synchronization

Platform
Napatech SmartNIC
Content Type
User Guide
Capture Software Version
Link™ Capture Software 12.2

In this section

This section describes the 4 different time synchronization modes that are supported by the NT SmartNICs. The 4 modes apply to different usage scenarios, and they are described in these subsections:
Note: Only the subsection OS Time Synchronization applies to the Intel® PAC with Intel® Arria® 10 GX FPGA running Napatech Link™ Capture Software

In addition to the 4 different time synchronization modes, the SmartNIC time stamp clock can be free-running based on the local oscillator in the SmartNIC.