3 The Modular System SyncFire 1200
The SyncFire 1200 system is based on an HP ProLiant series server (HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Server)
with a built-in GPS or combined GNSS (GPS/GLONASS/Galileo/BeiDou) reference clock from Meinberg. The
various inputs and outputs of the system are accessible via connectors in the rear panel and front panel of the
chassis. Details of the components are described below.
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The implemented NTPD distributes the reference time from the used receiver cyclic in the network. Information
on the NTPD is monitored on the LC-Display or can be inquired via the network.
The installation of system is very easy for the system/network administrator. The network address, the netmask
and the default gateway have to be configured from the front panel of SyncFire 1200. The network address or
the equivalent name of system has to be shown to all NTP clients in the TCP/IP network.
As well as NTP the Linux system also supports a number of further network protocols: HTTP(S), FTP, PRP,
SSH and Telnet. Because of this remote configuration or status requests can come from any WEB browser.
This access via the network can be deactivated. Changes in the receiver status, errors or other important
events are logged either on the local Linux system or on an external SYSLOG-Server. In addition, messages
can be sent to a central (monitoring) system via SNMP traps or automatically generated e-mails where they
can be recorded.
Furthermore all alarm messages can be displayed by the large display VP100/20/NET that is accessed via
network connection. In order to avoid a service interruption several Meinberg NTP servers can be installed in
the same network to obtain redundancy.
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Date: 31st March 2021
SyncFire 1200
