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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware
Categories HMC/Support Element (SE)
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 18, 2025

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Extension of "Manage System Time" tab overview with NTP configuartion on z16 oscillator cards

Beginning with IBM z16, the STP physical connection to the time servers (PTP or Network Time Protocol (NTP)) is no longer established through the HMC. The time servers are connected now directly to the CEC (bypasses the SE connection).
So each of the two redundant oscillator cards have an IP address on the RJ45 Port. For the external time source two different NTP server IP addresses are defined.

There are currently only two different panels available to check the configured ETS (e.g. NTP) addresses & the network configuration of the ETS-Ports:

for ETS addresses => Manage System Time
for ETS-Port network configuration => Customize Network Settings (STP/ETS Networks tab)

Our Idea or requierement is, that the whole STP configuration is displayed on the "Manage System Time" overview.
Furthermore this additional configurtion information should also be find in the "Export CTN data (.xlc)" EXCEL.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 20, 2025
    Request has been reviewed and accepted.

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