Teledyne LeCroy IBTracer 4X - Users Manual Ver.2.20 - Manual (Page 10)

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IBTracer 4X Protocol Analyzer User’s Manual CATC SW Version 2.2
IBTracer 4X is a non-intrusive testing tool for the InfiniBand architecture
providing traffic capture and analysis. Hardware triggering allows real-time
events to be captured. Hardware filtering allows the different types of
packets to be filtered in or out of the recording. Filtering allows users to
focus recordings on events of interest and to preserve recording memory so
that the recording time can be extended.
Recorded data is presented in colored graphics in a trace viewer application.
This application has advanced search and viewing capabilities that allow the
user to quickly locate specific data, errors, and other desired conditions,
thereby focussing the user’s attention on events of interest.
IBTracer 4X Protocol Analyzer functions with any personal computer using
the Windows 98SE, Window 2000, Windows ME, or Windows XP
operating systems and equipped with a functional USB interface.
IBTracer 4X provides on-the-fly detection of and triggering on such events
as Packet Headers and Errors. Whether recording manually or with a
specified trigger condition, IBTracer continuously records the link data in a
wrap-around fashion until manually stopped or until the Trigger Event is
detected and a specified amount of post-Trigger link data is recorded.
Upon detection of a triggering event, the analyzer continues to record data
up to a point specified by the user. Real-time detection of events can be
individually enabled or disabled to allow triggering on events as they
happen. This includes predefined exception or error conditions and a
user-defined set of trigger events. The unit can also be triggered by an
externally supplied signal. An external DB-25 connector provides a path for
externally supplied data or timing data to be recorded along with traffic.
This DB-25 connector also provides a path for IBTracer 4X to transmit
externally two control, timing, or recovered signals for purposes of probing
and use by other circuitry.
The IBTracer software provides powerful search functions that enable
investigation of particular events and allow the software to identify and
highlight specific events. In addition to immediate analysis, you can print
any part of the data. Use the Save As feature to save the data on disk for later
viewing. The program also provides a variety of timing information and
data analysis reports.