PTP accuracy across an NVIDIA Spectrum-3 switch acting as a boundary clock (vendor test: one hour, 50 Gb/s, IXIA leader/follower; vendor states it holds across link speeds and FEC configurations)
~10 nsobserved
| Value kind | observed — Reported measurements, counts, and specifications keep the precision and scope stated by their source; an exact specification is not treated as a range. |
|---|---|
| Scope | End-to-end PTP accuracy across the switch. The sub-4 ns figure is a different quantity, the synchronization error between hardware units inside the Spectrum ASIC, and has its own register entry. Do not read it off this tile. |
| As of | 2022-09 |
| Source | NVIDIA Technical Blog, 'Calculating and Synchronizing Time with the Precision Timing Protocol on the NVIDIA Spectrum Switch' (developer.nvidia.com, 2022) · PTP accuracy section: about 10 ns from a one-hour, 50 Gb/s test with IXIA as leader and follower; NVIDIA states the accuracy holds across speeds and FEC configurations |
| Review | checking…review by 2027-04-16 · standard cadence |
| Recorded changes | last 2026-09-16 · 3 revisions tracked |
| Claim id | ptp-accuracy-held-across-a-spectrum-switch |
Where the guide uses it
- 8.7 Management, Out-of-Band Fabric & PTP/IEEE-1588 Timing
- 13.7 Network Fabric Commissioning & Validation
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