Module 13 - TimeProvider 5000 Overview

Objectives:

Understand the different functions of the TP5000

Recognize the primary functions of the TP5000 in the TimeAnalyzer

Recognize some of the basic features of the TP5000

Identify the chassis and modules that make up the TP5000

Discuss some of the advanced functions of the TP5000

What is the TimeProvider 5000?

The TimeProvider 5000 is a Next Generation Network (NGN) packet-based

timing and frequency device that combines the functionality of a highlyaccurate, IEEE 1588 v2 Grand Master Clock with T1/E1 and 1PPS/10MHz
I/O ports.

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What is the TimeProvider 5000?

The primary application for the TP 5000 is to provide frequency

synchronization over Ethernet through the use of PTP/IEEE 1588

One of the main drivers for this technology is to accommodate the

growth in wireless network traffic at a lower cost than traditional TDM
backhaul.

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TP5000/IEEE 1588 Applications

The NGN applications that can benefit from IEEE1588 include:

Wireless Ethernet Backhaul (UMTS)

Circuit Emulation Services (CES)
Passive Optical Networks (PON)
WiMax
LTE

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Key Features

The TP5000 was built specifically for implementing a Telecom profile

IEEE 1588/PTP signal.

Supports both Unicast and Hybrid Multicast (2.0 release)

One of the primary benefits of using PTP over NTP is hardware
assisted timestamping
The TP5000 supports both Rubidium and Quartz oscillators in
redundant or mixed pairs.
H/W Protection (Power and IOCs)
Provides Book End Solution with Symmetricom Translator
Interoperability with 3rd Party PTP Clients

Semtech

Imsys

Zarlink

RAD

Etc.
Enables TDM to Ethernet Backhaul Migration !!!

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TP5000 Hardware Features

Compact 1 RU Footprint
ETSI Compliant: Front Access for all Connectors
Dual 48 VDC Power Connectors
2 UTI Ports (future capability)
Up to 2 Legacy Inputs (T1/E1 - T1 is a future capability)
Up to 4 Legacy Outputs (E1/T1 is a future capability)
2 SFP Connectors on each IOC
1 L1 GPS Input on the IMC
1 Ethernet Mgmt Port on the IMC
1 EIA-232 Serial (Craft) Port on the IMC
LED indicators on the IOC and IMC
Hardware Protected
(CLI and SNMP Management)

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Architecture and Hardware Explained

Chassis
Faceplate at a glance
Basic Module functions
Functional Block Diagram
Shelf Features
Module Features

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TP5000 Architecture

Backplane

I/O

IOC
1

IMC

-48V
A

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IOC
2

-48V
B

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TP5000 Chassis and Modules

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TP5000 Faceplate At a Glance

Dual 48v DC Power

Connectors
2x UTI Ports (Rel 1.1)
2x Legacy Input (T1/E1)
2-4x Legacy Outputs (T1/E1)

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2x SFP Connectors/IOC
1x L1 GPS Inputs/ IMC
1X Ethernet Mgmt Port/IMC
1X DE9 Craft Port/IMC
6 LEDs/ IOC and IMC
Redundant IOCs
CLI, SNMP,TimePictra Support

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Basic Functions of Modules

The TP5000 is based off the TimeProvider architecture

IOC (Input,Output,Clock) Modules

Input is defined

Locks onto a reference (GPS/E1)

Oscillator is corrected

Provides output (PTP, E1, 10Mhz)

IMC (Information Management Card)

Source of GPS engine and physical connection to antenna

Management interface to the unit

Relays configuration information and alarms from the other

modules to the user

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TP5000 Power

Unit uses 48VDC

Dual inputs: Only one is needed to operate but we recommend both
If leads are reversed (48V and return), The unit will not power on but
will not be damaged
Range: 40V to 72V
Current

Need 2A power supply

If cold, takes 900mA (2 IOC and 1 IMC)

When warm, takes 500mA (2 IOC and 1 IMC)

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IOC Module(s)

090-50321-01 (OCXO)
090-50322-01 (Rb)
2 SFP Ethernet

Drives I/O module ports

Hardware acceleration engine

Optical and Electrical

Port Bonding

Supports PTP

Card Redundancy

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IOC Architecture

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IOC Module Details

Drives output signals

Can be part of redundant pair
Ethernet Ports SFP, 100/1000, full-duplex only
Reference Inputs

GPS (from IMC)

Span CCS, CAS, 2048, (T1)

Ethernet connections to IMC and other IOC

Dual 48V power inputs

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IOC Ethernet Control

IOC Ethernet ports

Electrical SFP: 100M/1000M, full-duplex

Optical SFP: 1000M, full-duplex

Auto-negotiation can be disabled

Electrical SFP: 100M, full-duplex

Optical SFP: 1000M, full-duplex

Auto-negotiation speed advertisement

100M, 1000M, All

Not applicable for optical SFP

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IMC Module

090-50331-01
Management module
GPS receiver

EIA-232 Craft port

Accepts L1 antenna signal in SMA connector

57.6K bps

Ethernet port

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10/100BT, auto-negotiate
CLI:Telnet, SSH
SNMP
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IMC Architecture

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IMC Details

Required to manage system

Outputs will continue without IMC card
Contains GPS engine L1 antenna connection

Need 15dB to 35dB gain in system (antenna cable)

Ethernet connections to both IOC cards
Dual 48V power inputs

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I/O Modules

Not meant to be user-replaceable

Mini-BNC connectors
Only passive components
090-50311-01

E1 Module
Up to 2 E1 inputs
Up to 4 E1 outputs
2 UTI ports (future release)

090-50312-01

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10MHz Module
2 E1 inputs
Up to 2 E1 outputs
10 MHz
1PPS
2 UTI ports (future release)
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I/O Modules

Release 1.2 will include a new T1 I/O module

The T1 I/O module capable of supporting:

The T1 I/O ports will support ANSI T1.403 and G.704 standards
operating at 1.544 Mbps and 1.544MHz

2x T1 ports ( configurable as inputs or outputs)

2 x UTI ports (reserved for future use)
1x 10 MHz port (configurable as outputs only)
1x 1pps port (configurable as output only)

D4 and ESF frame formats

SSM will also be supported.

Signaling for the 10Mhz/1pps ports will be the same as the

current TP 5000 I/O card.

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I/O Architecture

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I/O Module Details

Mini-BNC connectors
1PPS: 50 ohms, 2.5V
10MHz: 50 ohms, 1Vpp
E1: 75 ohms
T1: 100 ohms

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Backplane

Completely passive, primarily only connectors (internal)

Use Ethernet to communicate between cards

Some IP addresses are reserved (set intra-system)

Also contains serial comms, timing signals
Cards are hot-swappable
-48V is distributed to IOC and IMC cards
Active IOC

Active IOC drives signals on I/O module

Active IOC controls timing for chassis

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TP5000 Capacity

Each IOC card has two Ethernet ports. They can be set in bonding
mode as a redundant port or set to Active/Active.

In bonding mode, Eth1 configurations and settings will be used.

If the two ports are set to Active/Active, they must reside on two
different subnets.

The TP5000 supports up to 500 unicast clients per Active port.

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TP5000 Capacity

Each port can support up to 500 clients

Each port can support up to 17000 pkts/sec

Announce, sync, delay packets

These limits are doubled if ports are independent
Also have limit on other packets

Get excessive traffic alarm if exceeded

Could be from attack or excessive signaling pkts

Each client should not negotiate more often than every 10 seconds
(lease default should be 300 sec)

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PTP Message Rates

Message
Announce

Range
3 (1 pkt/8s) to -3 (8 pkts/s)

Sync

7 (1 pkt/128s) to -7 (128 pkts/s)

Delay Req/Resp

7 (1 pkt/128s) to -7 (128 pkts/s)

The time interval in PTP Messages is represented as the logarithm to the base 2
in seconds.
For example:
Interval = 7
Interval = 3
Interval = 1
Interval = 0
Interval = -1
Interval = -3
Interval = -7
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1 Messages every 128 seconds

1 Messages every 8 seconds
1 Message every 2 seconds
1 Message every second
2 Messages every second
8 Messages every second
128 Messages every second
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TP5000 Performance

The TP5000 support 100/1000BT Full Duplex.

For best performance with clients, both the Grandmaster and clients
should be run at the same speed.

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IOC/IMC Card Features and Functions

Port and Card Redundancy

Modes of Operation
Reference Modes
VLANs
SNMP
Security
Backup and Restore

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Port Redundancy

The first form of redundancy is called Port Redundancy or Port

Bonding
The active ports configuration is shared for both the active and
standby port
This includes the IP address and MAC Address

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Port Redundancy
Requirements for card
and port redundancy:
Port protection is
enabled
All ports must have
the same IP address
Tp5000> set redundancy port IOC1 enable

192.168.4.3

192.168.4.3

Ethernet Router/Switch

S/W Bonding

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Card Redundancy

One card is active and drives outputs

If card fails, other card takes over

Will also switch on loss of Ethernet

Switchover in less than 10 seconds

Send gratuitous ARP after switchover

PTP flow automatically continues

Characteristics

I/O module outputs smooth transition

Ethernet outputs lose packets for several seconds

Manual switchover also supported

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Card Redundancy

Neither card is primary

On system power-up, IOC1 will be active
After initial warm-up, Rb IOC will be active
Switchover is non-revertive
Both cards share same configuration (IOC1)
Configuration and state is synched between
cards automatically
Addresses

Same IP address on both cards

MAC address is different for each card

Default for 1.1 card redundancy on, port redundancy off
Independent cards are NOT supported
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Card Redundancy
Requirements for card
redundancy:
Two IOC cards
Port protection is
disabled
Primary and
Secondary ports
must be on different Tp5000> set redundancy port IOC1 disable
subnets
Primary ports have
the same IP address
Secondary ports
have the same IP
address

IOC 1

EthernetRouter/Switch
Switch
Ethernet

IOC 2

192.168.4.3

192.168.5.3
192.168.5.3
192.168.4.3

H/W Redundancy

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Card + Port Redundancy

Requirements for card
and port redundancy:
Two IOC cards
Port protection is
enabled
All ports must have the
same IP address

IOC 1

IOC2

Tp5000> set redundancy port IOC1 enable

192.168.4.3

IOC 2

192.168.4.3
192.168.4.3
EthernetRouter/Switch
Switch
Ethernet

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H/W Redundancy

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Shelf Modes of Operation

Grandmaster

Primary source of PTP timing packets to be distributed on the

network
TimeAnalyzer (probe) mode

The 5000 is used to monitor incoming PTP packets to monitor and

record performance.

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Reference Modes/TimeScales
Auto Timescale (default and recommended)

Will automatically switch between PTP and ARB depending on

what the input is.
System will always use PTP mode if GPS is connected and
functioning

PTP Timescale (GPS mode)

The mode used when locked onto GPS

ARB Timescale (System mode)

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This mode is used when a E1/T1 reference is being used or when

the system is in Free-run

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TOD Source
There are two settings for the TOD source:
1. GPS
2. SYS

If the system is using GPS, you must ensure the

TOD source is set for GPS. In this mode you
cannot manually change the date and time.

If the system is using E1/T1 as its reference, the

TOD source must be set to SYS. This will allow
the user to change the date and time.

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IOC/IMC Time Synchronization

The IMC and IOC modules communicate with each other through
Ethernet communications.

The system assigns a range of IP addresses that the modules

can use

The IP address range can be changed by the user.

The ranges are:

A: IP address range 10.0.250.8 to 10.0.250.47
B: IP address range 172.16.250.8 to 172.16.250.47
C: IP address range 192.168.250.8 to 192.168.250.47

These addresses can't be used for external Ethernet ports.

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VLANs
The TP5000 supports up to 16 VLANs
Each VLAN must have its own address and
subnet.
There is no default VLAN configuration, it
must be configured.
VLAN is supported while using both Port
and Card redundancy

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Backup and Restore

The TimeProvider 5000 has the ability to:

Backup the current configuration to non-volatile memory

Restore the saved configuration from memory

Revert the system to factory defaults

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SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an application layer

protocol that allows you to manage network devices.

The TimeProvider 5000 supports both SNMPv2c and SNMPv3.

If SNMP is present, port 161 becomes the port of standard SNMP

interactive communications and port 162 becomes the trap port.

SNMP is an optional feature for the TP5000 that must be enabled to

function.
Can either be ordered in a new system, or added to a previously

ordered system as a field upgrade.

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Security

Standard user access list with three levels of access

User
Config
Admin

The TimeProvider 5000 supports RADIUS authentication

The system must be configured in order to use this feature

The TP5000 allows local login, even if RADIUS login

authentication is enabled

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