Server Time Protocol (STP) is a server-wide facility that is implemented in the Licensed Internal Code (LIC) of IBM® zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12), IBM zEnterprise 196 (z196), IBM zEnterprise 114 (z114), IBM System z10®, and IBM System z9®. It provides improved time synchronization in both a sysplex or non-sysplex configuration.

This IBM Redbooks® publication will help you configure a Mixed Coordinated Timing Network (CTN) or an STP-only CTN. It is intended for technical support personnel requiring information about:

-Installing and configuring a Coordinated Timing Network

-Using STP functions and operations

-Migrating to a Coordinated Timing Network from various timing environments

Readers are expected to be familiar with IBM System z technology and terminology. For planning information, see our companion book, Server Time Protocol Planning Guide, SG24-7280. For information about how to recover your STP environment functionality, see the Server Time Protocol Recovery Guide, SG24-7380.

Part 1. Setting up the Coordinated Timing Network

Chapter 1. Configuring an External Time Source

Chapter 2. Migrating from ETR to STP-only CTN

Chapter 3. Configuring an STP-only CTN

Chapter 4. STP-only CTN: Adding a server in STP timing mode

Part 2. CTN operations

Chapter 5. Operations in an ETR and Mixed CTN

Chapter 6. Operations in an STP-only CTN

Chapter 7. Operational considerations

Part 3. Migration scenarios

Chapter 8. ETR Network to Mixed CTN (ETR timing mode)

Chapter 9. Mixed CTN (ETR timing mode) to ETR Network

Chapter 10. Mixed CTN: Changing one server from the ETR timing mode to the STP timing mode

Chapter 11. Mixed CTN: Changing one server from STP timing mode to ETR timing mode

Chapter 12. Mixed CTN: Adding a server in STP timing mode

Chapter 13. Mixed CTN (two servers) to STP-only CTN

Chapter 14. Mixed CTN (three servers) to STP-only CTN

Chapter 15. STP-only to Mixed CTN

Appendix A. POR of a server in an STP-only CTN

Appendix B. How to draw a CTN topology