Juniper TCA8000 Operator's manual

TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server
Installation and Configuration Guide
Modified: 2017-06-23
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Table of Contents
About the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Documentation Conventions ......................................xv
RequestingTechnicalSupport.....................................xv
Self-Help Online Tools and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
OpeningaCasewithJTAC.....................................xvi
Part 1 TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server Overview
Chapter 1 TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
TCA8000 and TCA8500 Chassis Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Part 2 Installing and Setting Up a TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server
Chapter 2 Installing and Setting Up a TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . 11
Unpacking the TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Requirements for Installing a TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Reserving an IP Address for the TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Recommendations for Mounting the Antenna (TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing
Server) ........................................................12
Optimal GPS Antenna Mounting Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Minimal TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server Installation Conditions . . . . . 13
MountingtheAntenna............................................13
Changing the Password of Admin User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Assigning an IP Address to the TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . . 16
Visually Testing the TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server With GPS . . . . . . . . . . 17
Verifying the Product T1/E1 Interface Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Part 3 Configuring and Upgrading the TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing
Server
Chapter 3 Configuring a TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
TCAUserAccountsOverview..........................................21
Guidelines for User Account Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
DynamicSSLCertificateOverview.....................................23
AccessingtheUserInterface..........................................23
Requirements for Using the Graphical User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Accessing the Graphical User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing/Resetting the Login Password for Admin User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
ChangingtheIPAddress.............................................30
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Setting Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SettingNTPParameters.............................................37
EnablingtheNTPSupport........................................37
CreatinganNTPAssociationEntry.................................38
Modifying an Existing NTP Association Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
AddinganNTPAssociationEntry..................................40
Deleting an Existing NTP Association Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
ConfiguringtheMD5KeyList......................................41
ConfiguringAlarms..................................................42
ConfiguringTraps...................................................44
SpecifyingSNMPv3Contacts.....................................45
CreatingTrapTargets............................................46
EditingTrapTargets.............................................46
DeletingTrapTargets............................................46
CreatingSNMPv3Users..........................................47
EditingSNMPv3Users...........................................48
DeletingSNMPv3Users..........................................48
ManagingTCAUserAccounts.........................................49
CreatinganUserAccount.........................................49
ModifyinganExistingUserAccount.................................50
DeletinganExistingUserAccount..................................51
Changing the Login Password for Read/Write User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Configuring User Authentication through RADIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Adding a New RADIUS Authentication Server Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Deleting a RADIUS Authentication Server Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Modifying RADIUS Authentication Server Entry Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
ConfiguringAuthenticationOrder..................................56
ConfiguringRADIUSAccounting.......................................57
Adding a New RADIUS Accounting Server Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Deleting a RADIUS Accounting Server Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Modifying RADIUS Accounting Server Entry Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Specifying Recipients for Alarm E-Mail Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
AddingaUsertotheE-MailList....................................60
Removing a User from the Alarm Event Recipient List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ResettingFactoryDefaults...........................................63
Stopping and Restarting the TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Chapter 4 Upgrading the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
UpgradeRequirements ..............................................67
Selecting Between the Pre-Installed Software Images Using a GUI/Browser . . . 68
Upgrading the Software Using a GUI/Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Selecting Between the Pre-Installed Software Images Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . 71
UpgradingtheSoftwareUsingtheCLI..................................72
Selecting Between the Pre-Installed Software Images Using the Hardware
Mechanism ....................................................73
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Part 4 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Graphical User
Interface (GUI)
Chapter 5 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Login Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
LoginPageDescription...............................................77
AccessingtheLoginPage.............................................77
UnderstandingtheLoginPage........................................78
Chapter 6 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 System Status Page . . . . . . . 81
UnderstandingSystemLEDs..........................................81
PortLEDs......................................................81
IEEE1588-2008SyncLED........................................81
StatusPageDescription.............................................82
AccessingtheStatusPage...........................................82
UnderstandingtheStatusPage.......................................83
TheStatusPage–SystemPane....................................83
TheStatusPage—AlarmPane.....................................85
TheStatusPage—E1Pane........................................86
TheStatusPage—TimingPane....................................88
TheStatusPage—PTPPane......................................90
TheStatusPage—NTPPane......................................93
The Status Page—GPS Pane (When GPS Option Is Connected) . . . . . . . . . . 95
TheStatusPage—ResourcePane..................................97
Chapter 7 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Config Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
ConfigPageDescription.............................................99
AccessingtheConfigPage...........................................99
UnderstandingtheConfigPage.......................................100
TheConfigPage—NetworkPane...................................101
TheConfigPage—TimingPane....................................103
TheConfigPage—E1Pane.......................................106
TheConfigPage—PTPPane......................................110
TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server Configurable Profiles . . . . . . . . 115
TheConfigPage—NTPPane......................................117
TheConfigPage—TrapPane......................................119
TheConfigPage—SNMPv3Pane...................................121
TheConfigPage—UsersPane.....................................122
TheConfigPage—ProfilePane....................................123
TheConfigPage—RADIUSPane...................................125
Chapter 8 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Admin Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
AdminPageDescription.............................................129
AccessingtheAdminPage...........................................129
UnderstandingtheAdminPage.......................................129
TheAdminPage—PasswordPane.................................130
TheAdminPage—AlarmPane.....................................131
TheAdminPage—ServicePane...................................136
TheAdminPage—UpgradePane..................................137
TheAdminPage—ConfigPane....................................139
TheAdminPage—RemoteLogPane................................141
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Chapter 9 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Debug Tool Page . . . . . . . . . 143
DebugToolPageDescription.........................................143
AccessingtheDebugToolPage.......................................143
UnderstandingtheDebugToolPage...................................143
The Debug Tool Page—Processes Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
The Debug Tool Page—Kernel Logs Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
The Debug Tool Page—Registers Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Chapter 10 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Log Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
LogPageDescription...............................................147
AccessingtheLogPage.............................................147
UnderstandingtheLogPage.........................................147
TheLogPage—EventLogPane....................................148
TheLogPage—SysLogPane......................................149
TheLogPage—AuthLogPane.....................................150
TheLogPage—DaemonPane.....................................151
Part 5 Troubleshooting a TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server
Chapter 11 Troubleshooting a TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
EventStatesandAlarmTypes........................................155
Troubleshooting the TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server Using the Event
Log ..........................................................156
Part 6 Appendixes
Appendix A Using Telnet with the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Servers . . . . . . . . 163
Accessing the Timing Server Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Changing the IP Address of the Timing Server using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Resetting the Passwords of Both Admin User Account and Enable Mode to
Factory Defaults ...............................................165
Using the CLI to View Status and Configuration Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Options That You Can View in the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
ViewinganOptionintheCLI......................................172
Using the CLI to Configure Timing Server Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Elements that You Can Configure in the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Using the CLI to Configure the Timing Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Accessing the Timing Server Using SSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Appendix B Using the CLI to Configure PTP and Network Interface Parameters . . . . . 189
ServerPTPFunctions...............................................189
PTPProfileTypes..................................................189
CLIConfiguration/Status............................................191
Default Profile Configuration Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Juniper Profile Configuration Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Telecom Profile—Without Signaling Configuration Command . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Telecom Profile—With Signaling Configuration Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
PTP Over Ethernet Profile Configuration Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Grandmaster Cluster Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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StatusCommands.............................................200
BackupandRestoreCommands—PTP.................................201
SyncSourceSelection..............................................201
Configuration Commands .......................................202
StatusCommands.............................................202
Ethernet Port Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Configuration Commands.......................................203
StatusCommands.............................................203
VLANPortAssociation(optional).....................................203
ConfigurationCommands.......................................204
StatusCommands.............................................205
ConfigurationValidation.........................................205
StaticRouteIP(optional)...........................................205
ConfigurationCommands.......................................206
StatusCommands.............................................206
Examples ....................................................206
Appendix C Using the CLI to Configure NTP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
NTP Modes ......................................................209
Enabling the NTP Support in the Timing Server using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
NTP Association Configuration or Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Configuration Commands........................................211
StatusCommands..............................................211
MD5KeyListConfigurationorStatus...................................211
ConfigurationCommands........................................212
StatusCommands..............................................212
RestartandStopCommands—NTP...................................212
Appendix D Using the CLI to Configure User Authentication and RADIUS
Accounting ......................................................215
UserAuthentication................................................215
ConfigurationCommands........................................215
Status Commands .............................................216
RADIUSAccounting ................................................216
ConfigurationCommands........................................216
Status Commands .............................................216
AppendixE Specifications ...................................................219
PhysicalDimensions................................................219
PowerSpecifications...............................................219
EnvironmentalSpecifications........................................220
AppendixF AgencyCompliance...............................................221
Agency Compliance ................................................221
AppendixG Cable Specification ..............................................223
ConsoleCableSpecification.........................................223
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AppendixH WarrantyandSupport............................................225
RequestingTechnicalSupport........................................225
Self-Help Online Tools and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Returning a Hardware Component to Juniper Networks, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
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Part 1 TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server Overview
Chapter 1 TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 1: TCA8000 and TCA8500—AC Timing Server, Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Figure 2: TCA8000 and TCA8500—AC Timing Server, Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Figure 3: TCA8000 and TCA8500—DC Timing Server, Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 4: TCA8000 and TCA8500—DC Timing Server, Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Part 3 Configuring and Upgrading the TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing
Server
Chapter 3 Configuring a TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 5: TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server Login Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 6: Timing Server Status Page—System Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 7: Admin Users—Resetting the Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 8: Non-Admin Users—Resetting the Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 9: Timing Server Admin Page—Password Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 10: Timing Server Config Page—Network Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 11: Timing Server Config Page—PTP Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 12: Timing Server Config Page—PTP Pane—Telecom Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 13: Timing Server Admin Page—Config Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 14: Timing Server Config Page—NTP Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 15: Timing Server Admin Page—Alarm Pane (PTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 16: Timing Server Admin Page—Alarm Pane (NTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 17: Timing Server Config Page—Trap Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 18: Timing Server Config Page—SNMPv3 Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Figure 19: Timing Server Config Page—Users Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Figure 20: Timing Server Config Page—Profile Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 21: Timing Server Config Page—RADIUS Pane (Authentication) . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 22: Timing Server Config Page—RADIUS Pane (Accounting) . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figure 23: Timing Server Admin Page—Alarm Pane (PTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 24: Timing Server Admin Page—Alarm Pane (NTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure 25: Timing Server Admin Page—Config Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Figure 26: Timing Server Admin Page—Upgrade Pane Showing the Current
Image ........................................................64
Figure 27: Timing Server Admin Page—Upgrade Pane Showing the New
Image ........................................................65
Chapter 4 Upgrading the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Figure 28: Timing Server Admin Page—Upgrade Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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Part 4 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Graphical User
Interface (GUI)
Chapter 5 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Login Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 29: TCA8000 or TCA8500 Login Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Chapter 6 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 System Status Page . . . . . . . 81
Figure 30: Timing Server Status Page—System Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Figure 31: Timing Server Status Page—System Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 32: Timing Server Status Page—Alarm Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 33: Timing Server Status Page—E1 Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 34: Timing Server Status Page—Timing Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Figure 35: Timing Server Status Page—PTP Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Figure 36: Timing Server Status Page—NTP Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 37: Timing Server Status Page—GPS Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Figure 38: Timing Server Status Page—Resource Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Chapter 7 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Config Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Figure 39: Timing Server Config Page—Network Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Figure 40: Timing Server Config Page—Network Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Figure 41: Timing Server Config Page—Timing Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Figure 42: Timing Server Config Page—E1 Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Figure 43: Timing Server Config Page—PTP Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Figure 44: Timing Server Config Page—PTP Pane—Telecom Profile . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Figure 45: Timing Server Config Page—NTP Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Figure 46: Timing Server Config Page—Trap Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Figure 47: Timing Server Config Page—SNMPv3 Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Figure 48: Timing Server Config Page—Users Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Figure 49: Timing Server Config Page—Profile Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Figure 50: Timing Server Config Page—RADIUS Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Chapter 8 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Admin Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Figure 51: Timing Server Admin Page—Password Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Figure 52: Timing Server Admin Page—Alarm Pane (PTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Figure 53: Timing Server Admin Page—Alarm Pane (NTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Figure 54: Timing Server Admin Page—Service Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Figure 55: Timing Server Admin Page—Upgrade Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Figure 56: Timing Server Admin Page—Config Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Figure 57: Timing Server Admin Page—Remote Log Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Chapter 9 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Debug Tool Page . . . . . . . . . 143
Figure 58: Timing Server Debug Tool Page—Processes Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Figure 59: Timing Server Debug Tool Page—Kernel Logs Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Figure 60: Timing Server Debug Tool Page—Registers Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Chapter 10 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Log Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Figure 61: Timing Server Log Page—EventLog Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Figure 62: Timing Server Log Page—SysLog Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Figure 63: Timing Server Log Page—AuthLog Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Figure 64: Timing Server Log Page—Daemon Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
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Part 6 Appendixes
AppendixG Cable Specification ..............................................223
Figure 65: Console Cable Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
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About the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Table1:NoticeIcons.................................................xv
Part 2 Installing and Setting Up a TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server
Chapter 2 Installing and Setting Up a TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . 11
Table 2: Antenna Mounting Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Part 3 Configuring and Upgrading the TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing
Server
Chapter 3 Configuring a TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Table 3: Login Classes for TCA User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Part 4 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Graphical User
Interface (GUI)
Chapter 5 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Login Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Table 4: Elements on the Timing Server Login Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Chapter 6 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 System Status Page . . . . . . . 81
Table 5: Elements on the Timing Server Status Page—System Pane . . . . . . . . . . 83
Table 6: Elements on the Timing Server Status Page—Alarm Pane . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Table 7: Elements on the Timing Server Status Page—E1 Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Table 8: Elements on the Timing Server Status Page—Timing Pane . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Table 9: Elements on the Timing Server Status Page—PTP Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Table 10: Elements on the Timing Server Status Page—NTP Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Table 11: Elements on the Timing Server Status Page—GPS Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Table 12: Elements on the Timing Server Status Page—Resource Pane . . . . . . . . 97
Chapter 7 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Config Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Table 13: Elements on the Timing Server Config Page—Network Pane . . . . . . . . . 101
Table 14: Elements on the Timing Server Config Page—Timing Pane . . . . . . . . . 104
Table 15: Elements on the Timing Server Config Page—E1 Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Table 16: Elements on the Timing Server Config Page—PTP Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Table 17: Configuration for Each Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Table 18: Elements on the Timing Server Config Page—NTP Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Table 19: Elements on the Timing Server Config Page—Trap Pane . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Table 20: Elements on the Timing Server Config Page—SNMPv3 Pane . . . . . . . . 121
Table 21: Elements on the Timing Server Config Page—Users Pane . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Table 22: Elements on the Timing Server Config Page—Profile Pane . . . . . . . . . . 124
Table 23: Elements on the Timing Server Config Page—RADIUS Pane . . . . . . . . 125
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Chapter 8 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Admin Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Table 24: Elements on the Timing Server Admin Page—Password Pane . . . . . . . 130
Table 25: Elements on the Timing Server Admin Page—Alarm Pane . . . . . . . . . . 132
Table 26: Description of Alarm Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Table 27: Elements on the Timing Server Admin Page—Service Pane . . . . . . . . . 136
Table 28: Elements on the Timing Server Admin Page—Upgrade Pane . . . . . . . . 137
Table 29: Elements on the Timing Server Admin Page—Config Pane . . . . . . . . . 139
Table 30: Elements on the Timing Server Admin Page—Remote Log Pane . . . . . 142
Chapter 9 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Debug Tool Page . . . . . . . . . 143
Table 31: Elements on the Timing Server Debug Tool Page—Processes Pane . . . 144
Table 32: Elements on the Timing Server Debug Tool Page—Kernel Logs
Pane.........................................................145
Table 33: Elements on the Timing Server Debug Tool Page—Registers Pane . . . 146
Chapter 10 Understanding the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Log Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Table 34: Elements on the Timing Server Log Page—EventLog Pane . . . . . . . . . 148
Table 35: Elements on the Timing Server Log Page—SysLog Pane . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Table 36: Elements on the Timing Server Log Page—AuthLog Pane . . . . . . . . . . 150
Table 37: Elements on the Timing Server Log Page—Daemon Pane . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Part 5 Troubleshooting a TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server
Chapter 11 Troubleshooting a TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Table38:EventStates..............................................155
Table39:AlarmTypes..............................................155
Table 40: Troubleshooting the TCA8000 or TCA8500 Timing Server Using the
EventLog.....................................................156
Part 6 Appendixes
Appendix A Using Telnet with the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Servers . . . . . . . . 163
Table41:CLIViewingOptions........................................166
Table 42: Configurable Elements in the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Appendix B Using the CLI to Configure PTP and Network Interface Parameters . . . . . 189
Table43:ConfigurationCommands....................................191
Table44:UNICASTSLAVETable......................................199
Table45:DefaultRoutes............................................206
Table46:NetworkConfigurations.....................................207
Appendix C Using the CLI to Configure NTP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Table 47: NTP Configuration Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
AppendixE Specifications ...................................................219
Table48:PhysicalDimensions........................................219
Table49:PowerSpecifications.......................................219
Table 50: Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
AppendixG Cable Specification ..............................................223
Table51:SignalFlowDiagram........................................223
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About the TCA8000 and TCA8500
Timing Server
•Documentation Conventions on page xv
•Requesting Technical Support on page xv
Documentation Conventions
Table 1 on page xv defines the notice icons used in this guide.
Table 1: Notice Icons
DescriptionMeaningIcon
Indicates important features or instructions.Informational note
Indicates a situation that might result in loss of data or hardware damage.Caution
Alerts you to the risk of personal injury or death.Warning
Alerts you to the risk of personal injury from a laser.Laser warning
Indicates helpful information.Tip
Alerts you to a recommended use or implementation.Best practice
Requesting Technical Support
Technical product support is available through the Juniper Networks Technical Assistance
Center (JTAC). If you are a customer with an active J-Care or Partner Support Service
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support contract, or are covered under warranty, and need post-sales technical support,
you can access our tools and resources online or open a case with JTAC.
•JTAC policies—For a complete understanding of our JTAC procedures and policies,
review the JTAC User Guide located at
http://www.juniper.net/us/en/local/pdf/resource-guides/7100059-en.pdf.
•Product warranties—For product warranty information, visit
http://www.juniper.net/support/warranty/.
•JTAC hours of operation—The JTAC centers have resources available 24 hours a day,
7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Self-Help Online Tools and Resources
For quick and easy problem resolution, Juniper Networks has designed an online
self-service portal called the Customer Support Center (CSC) that provides you with the
following features:
•Find CSC offerings: http://www.juniper.net/customers/support/
•Search for known bugs: http://www2.juniper.net/kb/
•Find product documentation: http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/
•Find solutions and answer questions using our Knowledge Base: http://kb.juniper.net/
•Download the latest versions of software and review release notes:
http://www.juniper.net/customers/csc/software/
•Search technical bulletins for relevant hardware and software notifications:
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/
•Join and participate in the Juniper Networks Community Forum:
http://www.juniper.net/company/communities/
•Open a case online in the CSC Case Management tool: http://www.juniper.net/cm/
To verify service entitlement by product serial number, use our Serial Number Entitlement
(SNE) Tool: https://tools.juniper.net/SerialNumberEntitlementSearch/
Opening a Case with JTAC
You can open a case with JTAC on the Web or by telephone.
•Use the Case Management tool in the CSC at http://www.juniper.net/cm/.
•Call 1-888-314-JTAC (1-888-314-5822 toll-free in the USA, Canada, and Mexico).
For international or direct-dial options in countries without toll-free numbers, see
http://www.juniper.net/support/requesting-support.html.
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PART 1
TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server
Overview
•TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server Description on page 3
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CHAPTER 1
TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server
Description
•TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server Description on page 3
•TCA8000 and TCA8500 Chassis Overview on page 3
TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Server Description
The Juniper Networks TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Servers are Stratum 1 traceable,
carrier-class, 1588v2 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Grandmasters, Network Time Protocol
(NTP) peers, and Primary Reference Source (PRS) providing superior time stamping
accuracy and redundant configurability. The TCA8000 has an internal OCXO reference
oscillator while the TCA8500 has a Rubidium reference oscillator. Both systems have
either a pre-configured AC or -48 V DC input power source.
This user manual provides installation and operational information for the Timing Servers
to allow successful deployment and operation of the servers. The TCA8000 and TCA8500
Timing Servers are integral components of legacy and IP-based networks that are
designed to deliver highly accurate and resilient timing and synchronization capabilities
to support today’s next-generation deployments. The Timing Servers have been designed
to accept a GPS signal from a variety of manufacturers’ antennas.
NOTE: The TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Servers ship with both T1 and
E1 software images installed in the two internal non-volatile memory
partitions. By default, the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Servers use the
E1 interface type. This manual refers to E1 configuration, alarms, and status
but is also applicable to T1 except for some differences in nomenclature that
are specific to each frame type. See
“Upgrading the TCA8000 and TCA8500 Software” on page 67 to install the
software image for the appropriate interface type for the system.
TCA8000 and TCA8500 Chassis Overview
The chassis of both TCA8000 and TCA8500 Timing Servers look similar, only their
internal function is different.
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NOTE: Timing Server with AC power connector or DC power terminals are
available.
Figure 1: TCA8000 and TCA8500—AC Timing Server, Front View
The front panel of the Timing Server with AC power connector contains the following
components as shown in the Figure 1 on page 4:
•1–LCD screen
•2–Selection buttons
•3–OK button
•4–MENU button
•5–Critical alarm LED
•6–Major alarm LED
•7–Craft MGMT port
•8–Minor alarm LED
•9–Power LED
•10–REFRESH button
•11–CANCEL button
The LCD screen displays the applicable menus and the hostname as “Juniper Networks”.
You can change the default IP address of the Timing Server through the craft MGMT port
or by using the buttons. The LEDs display the power status and alarm status of the Timing
Server.
Figure 2: TCA8000 and TCA8500—AC Timing Server, Rear View
The rear panel of the Timing Server with AC power connector contains the following
components as shown in the Figure 2 on page 4:
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