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Example: Configure Ordinary TimeReceiver Clock With Unicast-Negotiation

This example shows the base configuration of a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) ordinary timeReceiver clock with unicast-negotiation on an ACX Series router.

Requirements

This example uses the following hardware and software components:

  • One ACX Series router

  • Junos OS Release 12.2 or later

Overview

In this configuration, the ordinary timeReceiver clock uses unicast-negotiation and compensates for some network asymmetry.

Note:

The values in this example are for illustration purposes only. You can set the values for each parameter according to your requirements.

CLI Quick Configuration

To perform a quick configuration of an ordinary timeReceiver clock with unicast-negotiation, run the following commands:

Configuring an ordinary client clock with unicast-negotiation

To configure an ordinary timeReceiver clock with unicast-negotiation, perform these tasks:

  1. Configure the clock mode, domain, and unicast-negotiation:

  2. Configure the announce timeout and the announce interval:

  3. Configure the synchronization interval and the grant duration:

  4. Configure the timeReceiver interface:

  5. Configure the unicast transport mode:

  6. Configure the clock source:

  7. Configure the asymmetric path:

  8. Verify the configuration:

    See the output for the show command in the Results section.

Results

The following output shows the configuration of unicast-negotiation and compensation for some network asymmetry. The unicast-negotiation statement includes the parameters for the delay request, announce interval, synchronization interval, and grant duration values. Interface ge-0/1/0.0 is configured to compensate for an asymmetric path to the PTP timeTransmitter by subtracting 4.5 microseconds from the timeReceiver-to-timeTransmitter direction delay calculations.

Platform-Specific Ordinary TimeReceiver Clock With Unicast-Negotiation Behavior

Use Feature Explorer to confirm platform and release support for specific features.

Use the following table to review platform-specific behaviors for your platform:

Platform

Difference

ACX Series

  • ACX5048 and ACX5096 routers do not support ordinary clock.

QFX Series

  • This example also applies to QFX Series switches. QFX Series switches do not support Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Instead, configure PTP boundary clock parameters on 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.