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This RFE has been in "Needs more information" for over a year with no information provided, so it is being closed.
Do you still have a requirement for PTP-based time synchronization on IBM i. If yes, is delivery in the next IBM i release satisfactory?
What is your expectation of clock synchronization tolerance in microseconds?
Given the following definitions, is it sufficient that IBM i LPAR acts as a slave device in the PTP network.
Slave device - A system running the ptpd daemon that accepts commands from a master device and synchronizes its system time to match the associated boundary clock time.
Master device - A device bound to a boundary clock that synchronizes time with a set of one or more PTP slave devices on the same network.
Grandmaster device - A master device that has the best clock provided by the Best Master Clock algorithm. It synchronizes all of the other master devices (also known as the boundary clocks), which in turn update and synchronize all of the associated slave devices. The grandmaster clock is also known as best master clock or best clock.
If IBM i supported PTPD similar to AIX (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_72/p_commands/ptpd.html) are there any must-have options?
Any guidance on the expected PTP network topology and vendors would be most welcome.
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Core OS
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - System Management
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
Have you tried installing a copy of the ptpd from AIX into the PASE environment?
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_aix_72/com.ibm.aix.cmds4/ptpd.htm