125 lines
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125 lines
3.5 KiB
Groff
.TH NSM 8 "June 2019" "linuxptp"
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.SH NAME
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nsm \- NetSync Monitor client
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B nsm
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[
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.BI \-f " config"
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] [
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.BI \-i " interface"
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] [
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.I long-options
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] [ command ] ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B nsm
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is a program which implements a NetSync Monitor (NSM) client. NSM is an
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extension to the Precision Time Protocol (PTP), which enables a client to
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measure the offset of its clock against any PTP clock in the network which
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supports NSM. It uses unicast messages, but unlike PTP in the unicast mode it
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does not require the server to keep any state specific to the client. It is
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particularly useful for monitoring.
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The program reads commands from the standard input or from the command line.
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.SH COMMANDS
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.TP
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.BI NSM " address"
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Send a NetSync Monitor request to the specified network address (IPv4 or MAC)
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and print the measured offset with the response.
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.TP
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.B help
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Display a help message.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.BI \-f " config"
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Read configuration from the specified file. No configuration file is read by
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default.
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.TP
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.BI \-i " interface"
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Specify the network interface.
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.TP
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.B \-h
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Display a help message.
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.TP
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.B \-v
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Print the software version and exit.
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.SH LONG OPTIONS
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Each and every configuration file option (see below in sections
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.BR PROGRAM\ OPTIONS
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and
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.BR PORT\ OPTIONS )
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may also appear
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as a "long" style command line argument. For example, the transportSpecific
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option may be set using either of these two forms:
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.RS
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\f(CW\-\-transportSpecific 1 \-\-transportSpecific=1\fP
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.RE
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Option values given on the command line override values in the global
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section of the configuration file (which, in turn, overrides default
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values).
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.SH CONFIGURATION FILE
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The configuration file is divided into sections. Each section starts with a
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line containing its name enclosed in brackets and it follows with settings.
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Each setting is placed on a separate line, it contains the name of the
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option and the value separated by whitespace characters. Empty lines and lines
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starting with # are ignored.
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The global section (indicated as
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.BR [global] )
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sets the global program options as well as the default port specific options.
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Other sections are port specific sections and they override the default port
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options. The name of the section is the name of the configured port (e.g.
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.BR [eth0]
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).
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.SH PORT OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B delayAsymmetry
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The time difference in nanoseconds of the transmit and receive
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paths. This value should be positive when the master-to-slave
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propagation time is longer and negative when the slave-to-master time
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is longer. The default is 0 nanoseconds.
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.TP
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.B network_transport
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Select the network transport. Possible values are UDPv4 and L2. The default
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is UDPv4.
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.TP
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.B transportSpecific
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The transport specific field. Must be in the range 0 to 255.
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The default is 0.
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.SH PROGRAM OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B domainNumber
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The domain attribute of the local clock. The default is 0.
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.B time_stamping
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The time stamping method. The allowed values are hardware, software and legacy.
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The default is hardware.
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.SH WARNING
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Be cautious when the same configuration file is used for both ptp4l
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and nsm. Keep in mind that values specified in the configuration file
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take precedence over their default values. If a certain option which
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is common to ptp4l and nsm is specified to a non-default value in the
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configuration file (e.g. for ptp4l), then this non-default value
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applies also for nsm. This might be not what is expected.
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To avoid securely these unexpected behaviour, different configuration files
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for ptp4l and nsm are recommended.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR ptp4l (8)
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