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= Configuring linuxptp services as a grandmaster clock for dual E810 Westport Channel NICs
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= Configuring linuxptp services as a grandmaster clock for dual E810 NICs
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You can configure the `linuxptp` services (`ptp4l`, `phc2sys`, `ts2phc`) as grandmaster clock (T-GM) for dual E810 Westport Channel NICs by creating a `PtpConfig` custom resource (CR) that configures the host NICs.
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You can configure the `linuxptp` services (`ptp4l`, `phc2sys`, `ts2phc`) as a grandmaster clock (T-GM) for dual E810 NICs by creating a `PtpConfig` custom resource (CR) that configures the host NICs.
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You can configure the `linuxptp` services as a T-GM for the following dual E810 NICs:
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* Intel E810-XXVDA4T Westport Channel NICs
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* Intel E810-CQDA2T Logan Beach NICs
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For distributed RAN (D-RAN) use cases, you can configure PTP for dual-NICs as follows:
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Use the following example `PtpConfig` CR as the basis to configure `linuxptp` services as T-GM for dual Intel Westport Channel E810-XXVDA4T network interfaces.
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Use the following example `PtpConfig` CR as the basis to configure `linuxptp` services as T-GM for dual Intel E810 network interfaces.
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To configure PTP fast events, set appropriate values for `ptp4lOpts`, `ptp4lConf`, and `ptpClockThreshold`.
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`ptpClockThreshold` is used only when events are enabled.
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.Prerequisites
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* For T-GM clocks in production environments, install two Intel E810 Westport Channel NICs in the bare-metal cluster host.
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* For T-GM clocks in production environments, install two Intel E810 NICs in the bare-metal cluster host.
Use this information to understand how to use the link:https://github.com/openshift/linuxptp-daemon/blob/release-4.14/addons/intel/e810.go[Intel E810-XXVDA4T hardware plugin] to configure a pair of E810 network interfaces as PTP grandmaster clock (T-GM).
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Use this information to understand how to use the link:https://github.com/openshift/linuxptp-daemon/blob/release-4.14/addons/intel/e810.go[Intel E810 hardware plugin] to configure a pair of E810 network interfaces as PTP grandmaster clock (T-GM).
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Before you configure the dual-NIC cluster host, you must connect the two NICs with an SMA1 cable using the 1PPS faceplace connections.
Use this information to understand how to use the link:https://github.com/openshift/linuxptp-daemon/blob/release-4.17/addons/intel/e810.go[Intel E810-XXVDA4T hardware plugin] to configure the E810 network interface as PTP grandmaster clock.
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Use this information to understand how to use the link:https://github.com/openshift/linuxptp-daemon/blob/release-4.16/addons/intel/e810.go[Intel E810 hardware plugin] to configure the E810 network interface as PTP grandmaster clock.
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Hardware pin configuration determines how the network interface interacts with other components and devices in the system.
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The E810-XXVDA4T NIC has four connectors for external 1PPS signals: `SMA1`, `SMA2`, `U.FL1`, and `U.FL2`.
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The Intel E810 NIC has four connectors for external 1PPS signals: `SMA1`, `SMA2`, `U.FL1`, and `U.FL2`.
Copy file name to clipboardExpand all lines: modules/nw-ptp-grandmaster-clock-configuration-reference.adoc
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|Specify an array of `.exec.cmdline` options that configure the NIC for grandmaster clock operation. Grandmaster clock configuration requires certain PTP pins to be disabled.
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The plugin mechanism allows the PTP Operator to do automated hardware configuration.
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For the Intel Westport Channel NIC, when `enableDefaultConfig` is true, The PTP Operator runs a hard-coded script to do the required configuration for the NIC.
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For the Intel Westport Channel NIC or the Intel Logan Beach NIC, when the `enableDefaultConfig`field is set to `true`, the PTP Operator runs a hard-coded script to do the required configuration for the NIC.
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|`ptp4lOpts`
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|Specify system configuration options for the `ptp4l` service.
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