TimeProvider 5000

Product Information

Product Information

The Microsemi TimeProvider® 5000 Grandmaster Clock's robust design provides high client capacity, hardware-based packet processing and redundant hardware to deliver scalable and unsurpassed IEEE 1588-2008 PTP grandmaster performance.

Dual Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports can be configured as independent PTP grandmasters to service different networks, or bonded for failover redundancy. For additional redundancy, a second, dual port PTP module can be installed and kept in standby mode as an automatic failover should the primary module go offline. The flexibility of the dual SFP ports operating at GigE speeds provides for easy interoperability with existing network switching infrastructure.

TimeProvider 5000, with precise hardware-based PTP time stamping and packet processing, supports very high client capacity at full rates. The number of PTP clients operating in default profile mode can range from tens of thousands at low rates to 4000 clients at a request rate of 32 packets per second per client. There is no performance degradation as the number of clients increases. Both 1-step or 2-step clock modes are supported, and to keep multicast traffic at a minimum hybrid mode is also a choice.

Oven controlled crystal oscillator can be upgraded to an internal Rubidium atomic oscillator that keeps the clock accurate to microseconds per day in the event connection to GPS is lost.

Optional NTP

With optional NTP server capability, TimeProvider 5000 supports both PTP and NTP protocols simultaneously. The two ports of the GigE module can be separately configured for both protocols. NTP capacity is up to 20,000 transactions per second and it also uses the high accuracy hardware stamping engine.