Timestamp option for tap-aggregation packets

High-performance data analysis depends on the accuracy of its underlying data; one possible enhancement of that accuracy would be a timestamp inserted into a tap-aggregation packet that showed exactly when the data packet was captured.

You can configure the tap-aggregation feature to insert a timestamp in packets at data capture, before the packets are sent to the tool ports for analysis. You must configure the PTP reference clock on the tap-aggregation switch and PTP must be running when the timestamp is inserted. Your tap aggregation switch must also sync the PTP FPGA's recovered time-of-day with the system chip's time-of-day.

Use the [set interfaces interface-name timestamp ingress] option to enable timestamping per interface.