OCP-TAP approves Adtran’s OSA 5400 TimeCard™ for precise, resilient data center timing
September 28 2023 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
News summary:
- Data center operators increasingly rely on standard servers and
virtual applications, creating a need for robust and accurate
timing solutions
- Pluggable Oscilloquartz timing card meets specifications set
out in OCP’s TAP framework
- Half-size PCIe card combined with Ensemble Sync Director offers
a simple way to upgrade COTS servers with assured PTP
synchronization
Adtran today announced that the Open Compute Project (OCP) Time
Appliance Project (TAP) has approved its OSA 5400 TimeCard™ for
data center timing and synchronization. The pluggable device
injects Adtran’s Oscilloquartz timing technology into any white box
server, solving key challenges in the transition to virtualized
environments. The OCP-TAP’s endorsement means data center operators
leveraging the OSA 5400 TimeCard™ to synchronize COTS hardware can
be assured of precise, reliable and robust timing as they move to
more cost-efficient and scalable network architectures.
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The OSA 5400 TimeCard™ represents a
simple route to accurate, reliable and robust data center timing.
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“We’re pleased to be able to announce that Adtran’s OSA 5400
TimeCard™ now supports the OCP-TAP driver. It’s an important
milestone in our collective quest to advance robust and accurate
timing solutions for distributed system use cases. By meeting our
framework’s specifications, Adtran is helping us drive
standardization and interoperability, accelerating the industry’s
shift to open, standardized hardware,” said Ahmad Byagowi, TAP
project leader at OCP-TAP. “This pluggable solution represents a
simple route to accurate, reliable and robust data center timing.
We believe that solutions like the OSA 5400 TimeCard™ will play a
pivotal role in advancing the next generation of scalable and
resilient infrastructure.”
Enabling data center operators to efficiently host the most
demanding time-sensitive applications, Adtran’s OSA 5400 TimeCard™
plugs into any free PCIe slot to turn a standard COTS server into a
precise PTP grandmaster clock or NTP server. With multiple
oscillator options, the solution ensures accurate timing even
during extended periods of GNSS disturbances. In combination with
Adtran’s Ensemble Sync Director, the OSA 5400 TimeCard™ provides
operational teams with a comprehensive, unified view of their
entire timing infrastructure. This enables them to easily manage
all elements of their timing network, enhancing control and
reliability. What’s more, the OSA 5400 TimeCard™ has been developed
to align fully with the IEEE P3335 standardization, ensuring
adaptability and underscoring Adtran’s commitment to industry
advancement in a cohesive digital ecosystem.
“We’re proud that our OSA 5400 TimeCard™ has been validated by
OCP-TAP. This card brings our 74 years of expertise in timing and
synchronization to standard servers, going beyond the TAP
specifications to provide a scalable, fully featured timing
solution in a compact half-size PCIe card. It offers a major boost
for data center operators looking to embrace open, disaggregated
hardware, especially where timing is vital and space is limited.
Our OSA 5400 TimeCard™ ensures seamless, efficient operation of
mission-critical and time-sensitive applications,” commented Igal
Pinhasov, VP of PLM at Oscilloquartz, Adtran. “As the industry
progresses towards agile, cost-effective data center environments,
our pluggable timing technology will play a defining role in
shaping future architectures.”
About Adtran
ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN and FSE: QH9) is the parent
company of Adtran, Inc., a leading global provider of open,
disaggregated networking and communications solutions that enable
voice, data, video and internet communications across any network
infrastructure. From the cloud edge to the subscriber edge, Adtran
empowers communications service providers around the world to
manage and scale services that connect people, places and things.
Adtran solutions are used by service providers, private
enterprises, government organizations and millions of individual
users worldwide. ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. is also the largest
shareholder of Adtran Networks SE, formerly ADVA Optical Networking
SE. Find more at Adtran, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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