NTP and PTP Training Courses
Does your job require an understanding of the complexities of network infrastructure and synchronization? The Meinberg Sync Academy (MSA) with its proven tutorials will fuel your ability to independently define synchronization solutions for your industry‘s network.
MSA offers a range of theoretical lectures in the field of time and frequency synchronization. Our courses are guided by experienced instructors, proficient in synchronization technologies and supported by modern teaching tools.
Course Overview
Network Time Protocol: Key Features, Monitoring and Management
Next Course Date: September 25th, 2024
Language: English (German - May 13th, 2024)
Type of Course: Online Seminar (Microsoft Teams)
Price: 558 EUR excl. VAT, Additional participants from the same company receive
a 10 % discount on the registration fee
Everything you ever wanted to learn on Network Time Protocol (NTP) in a compact and efficient way. NTP is the most widely used time protocol for network synchronization. It has been invented in the late 1980s and the current version is v4, which is compatible with all older ones.
This standard protocol is used for time synchronization of Unix/Linux and Windows systems with accuracies ranging from micro to milliseconds, depending on different network environments. It is applied in various industries from power, automation, traffic and controlling, telecommunications, data centers to corporate IT to list a few of them.
Target Audience
- Network Administrators
- Network Architects
- Network and IT Engineers
Thematic Block I
- NTP overview and key features
- Time packet sequence
- Ntpd, ntpq, ntp. conf
- Linux / Windows Time Service (w32time)
- Stratum 1 to Stratum n architectures
- Redundancy Concepts
- Cluster mode and High Availability Bonding
- NTP security measures
Thematic Block II
- Management and monitoring of LANTIME and microSync devices
- LTOS7 Web UI and Meinberg Device Manager
- NTP Client Monitoring
- Trigger alarms and notification channels
- Firmware update / upgrade
- SNMP Management
- CLI, SSH, Telnet, FPC und other remote connections
- NTP short listed Linux commands
Download: Further Information on our NTP Training (PDF)
Precision Time Protocol: Key Features and Configuration
Next Course Date: September 26th, 2024
Language: English (German - on request)
Type of Course: Online Seminar (Microsoft Teams)
Price: 558 EUR excl. VAT, Additional participants from the same company receive
a 10 % discount on the registration fee
IEEE 1588 / PTP – Precision Time Protocol was first developed for local computer networks which required synchronization in sub-micro second range or where GPS synchronization can not be used. Due to the hardware time stamping PTP goes far beyond NTP accuracies. Demands on the precise timing have evolved immensely also in wider network environments therefore PTP has been ongoing gaining in importance and implementation in different industries and applications. Meanwhile it has become an indispensable timing base for telecommunication networks, power grid synchronization and financial transaction industry.
PTP systems are exceptionally complex due to its flexible design to solve sync problems of many diverse applications in wide range of industries. In this seminar we will learn step wisely how to configure PTP clocks to operate in a particular PTP architecture. We will work out different setups to configure a Grandmaster or Slave clock, set of predefined features or profiles, delay mechanisms, network protocols, message intervals, unicast/multicast mode, TLV or VLAN and other features essential for optimized synchronization of a PTP capable network.
Target Audience
- Network Administrators
- Network Architects
- Network and IT Engineers
Thematic Block I
- PTP overview and key features
- PTPv2.1 (IEEE1588-2019) - What’s New
- Different types of clocks: GM, Slave, Boundary, Transparent clock
- PTP Messages: Announce, Sync, Delay Req Message rates
- Best Master Clock Algorithm (BMCA)
- E2E and P2P Delay Mechanism
- One- and Two-step operation
- Unicast / Multicast / Hybrid mode
- Master / Slave modes
Thematic Block II
- Common application setups
- Default Profile, Broadcast, Power, Telecom and Enterprise Profile
- PTP systems with different form factors and functionalities
- Configuration options
- Settings on Meinberg LANTIME IEEE1588 systems
- Management and monitoring: Web GUI
- PTP Simulation Software
- Live demo of a PTP network / PTP Track Hound
Download: Further Information on our PTP Training (PDF)