Basic System Configuration Guide System Management 
Edition: 01 3HE 11010 AAAC TQZZA 233
 
Notes:
1. Not supported on the 7705 SAR-8.
2. Supported on chassis with an active GNSS Receiver card.
The 7705 SAR-8 supports up to six ordinary slave clocks, ordinary master clocks, or 
boundary clocks. The 7705 SAR-18 supports up to eight ordinary slave clocks, 
ordinary master clocks, or boundary clocks.
Each of the cards listed in Table 26 support one PTP clock.
A nodal clock is equipped in each CSM on the 7705 SAR-8 and 7705 SAR-18, or 
directly on the fixed platforms listed in Table 25. Up to two PTP ordinary or boundary 
clocks can be configured per node as references to the nodal clock. 
Table 26 IEEE 1588v2 PTP Support per Card on the 7705 SAR-8 and 7705 SAR-18 
Sync Type PTP Clock 
Type
8-port 
Ethernet 
Adapter 
Card, 
Version 2
6-port 
Ethernet 
10Gbps 
Adapter 
Card
8-port 
Gigabit 
Ethernet 
Adapter 
Card
Packet 
Microwave 
Adapter 
Card
2-port 
10GigE 
(Ethernet) 
Adapter 
Card
10-port 
1GigE/
1-port 
10GigE 
X-Adapter 
Card
1
Freq Ordinary 
Slave
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Boundary 
Clock
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
End-to-End 
Transparent 
Clock
Ordinary 
Master
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Time of day/
phase
Ordinary 
Slave
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Boundary 
Clock
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
End-to-End 
Transparent 
Clock
Ordinary 
Master
Yes
2
Yes
2
Yes
2
Yes
2
Yes
2