Configuration Guidelines And Restrictions For Ptp On 7210 Sas-Detr And 7210 Sas-K; Figure 25: Boundary Clock - Alcatel-Lucent 7210 SAS-D Configuration Manual

IEEE 1588v2 can function across a packet network that is not PTP-aware; however, the
performance may be unsatisfactory and unpredictable. PDV across the packet network varies with
the number of hops, link speeds, utilization rates, and the inherent behavior of the routers. By
using routers with boundary clock functionality in the path between the grand master clock and the
slave clock, one long path over many hops is split into multiple shorter segments, allowing better
PDV control and improved slave performance, see
timing option in more network deployments and allows for better scalability and increased
robustness in certain topologies, such as rings. Boundary clocks can simultaneously function as a
PTP slave of an upstream grand master (ordinary clock) or boundary clock, and as a PTP master of
downstream slaves (ordinary clock) and/or boundary clocks. The time scale recovered in the slave
side of the boundary clock is used by the master side of the boundary clock. This allows time to be
distributed across the boundary clock.
Configuration guidelines and restrictions for PTP on 7210 SAS-D
ETR and 7210 SAS-K
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7210 SAS D, E, K OS Basic System Configuration Guide

Figure 25: Boundary Clock

On 7210 SAS-D ETR, use of PTP and syncE as a reference simultaneously is not allowed.
User can configure either syncE as a reference or PTP as a reference, but not both
together.
The 7210 SAS-D ETR and 7210 SAS-K node uses CPU processing cycles for frequency
and time recovery.
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Figure . This allows PTP to function as a valid
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