Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
The IBM Enterprise Systems Architecture/390(TM) External-Time-Reference (ETR) architecture facilitates the synchronization of time-of-day (TOD) clocks to ensure consistent time-stamp data in an installation with multiple systems. The ETR architecture also provides a means by which the TOD clocks can be set automatically, without human intervention, to an accurate standard time source. This paper reviews the design considerations involved in providing these functions-along with ''clock integrity'' and continuous operation-as a consistent extension of the System/370(TM) TOD-clock architecture. The paper also provides a functional description of the IBM 9037 Sysplex Timer(TM), which is an implementation of the sending unit of the ETR network. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
1992 | 10.1147/rd.364.0655 | IBM Journal of Research and Development |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
enterprise system | Time of day,Architecture,IBM,Synchronization,Computer architecture,Computer science,Systems design,Real-time computing,Fault tolerance,Systems architecture,Standard time,Embedded system | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
36 | 4 | 0018-8646 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
4 | 0.64 | 4 |
Authors | ||
5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noshir R. Dhondy | 1 | 4 | 0.64 |
| Richard J. Schmalz | 2 | 4 | 0.64 |
| Ronald M. Smith, Sr. | 3 | 10 | 6.24 |
| Julian Thomas | 4 | 6 | 1.45 |
| Phil C. Yeh | 5 | 16 | 9.34 |