Product Overview; About This Manual - Spectracom PRISMA VelaSync User Manual

1.1 Product Overview
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Product Overview

PRISMA VelaSync® High- Speed Time Server is an enterprise- class time serving appliance
designed for high-frequency trading and other network applications that require low latencies.
VelaSync's customized configuration, comprising state-of-the-art network synchronization soft-
ware, precision GNSS (GPS) timing technology, and reliable server hardware allows it to
provide high-performance time management over multiple network interfaces.
PRISMA VelaSync is the latest version of this unit. For the user manual for an original VelaSync (part
number 1225-xxxx-xxxx, purchased before 2018) see the VelaSync User's Manual archived on the
Spectacom website.
Hardware
The customized Supermicro
and motherboard, as well as a GNSS receiver plus oscillator (OCXO, or Rubidium), two hard
disks (RAID), two power supplies, and several time, frequency and communication ports.
Software
The pre-installed time synchronization and management software allows to distribute very accur-
ate time throughout a network, supporting NTP and PTP protocols. In day-to-day operation, the
software allows system administrators to centrally monitor time synchronization accuracy
throughout the network in an efficient manner.
Figure 1-1:
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About this Manual

This User Manual for the PRISMA VelaSync High-Speed Enterprise Time Server provides you
with:
descriptions of features and functions, as well as
installation and configuration guidance
instructions for specific tasks related to using this product
safety-related information
technical specifications
other reference information.
The main objectives of this User Manual are:
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server platform is a 1U server comprised of a standard chassis
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