Document Outline

• Contents
• 1. Overview
  • 1.1 General Description
  • 1.2 Support for the InfiniBand 1.1 Specification
  • 1.3 IBTracer Features
    • General
    • Display Options
    • IBTracer BusEngine
  • 1.4 Specifications
    • Package
    • Power Requirements
    • Environmental Conditions
    • Switches
    • LEDs
    • Probing Characteristics
    • Recording Memory Size
    • Basic Trigger Events
    • Certification
• 2. Quick Installation
  • 2.1 PC Requirements
  • 2.2 Setting Up the Analyzer
  • 2.3 Installing the Software
  • 2.4 Your First InfiniBand Recording
    • Capturing Your First CATC Trace
    • Trace View Features
• 3. Detailed Installation
  • 3.1 System Components/Packing List
  • 3.2 The Installed IBTracer 4X Unit
    • LED and Button Descriptions
  • 3.3 IBTracer 4X System Setup
  • 3.4 AC Power Source
  • 3.5 PC Connection
  • 3.6 InfiniBand Cable Connection
  • 3.7 External Interface Breakout Board
    • Pin-Outs for the Data In/Out Connector
    • Prototype Rework Area
  • 3.8 IBTracer Program Installation
    • Loading the IBTracer USB Drivers
    • Installing the IBTracer Application Program
    • Installing IBTracer Software for the InfiniBand 1.1 Specification
  • 3.9 IBTracer Program Startup
  • 3.10 Making a Recording
• 4. Updates
  • 4.1 Software, Firmware, and BusEngine Revisions
  • 4.2 Software Updates
  • 4.3 License Information
    • Updating the Software License
  • 4.4 BusEngine and Firmware Updates
    • Updating the BusEngine
    • Updating the Firmware
    • Automatic Updates
    • Manual Updates
    • Manually Updating the Firmware
  • 4.5 Resetting the Analyzer
• 5. Software Overview
  • 5.1 The Main Display Menus
  • 5.2 View Options
    • Resetting the Toolbar
    • Tool Bar
  • 5.3 Status Bar
    • Recording Progress
    • Recording Status
    • Analyzer Status
    • Search Status
    • Zoom In
    • Zoom Out
  • 5.4 Tool Tips
  • 5.5 IBTracer Analyzer Keyboard Shortcuts
• 6. Recording Options
  • 6.1 Opening the Recording Options Dialog Box
  • 6.2 Recording Options - General
    • Recording type
    • Options
    • Buffer Size
    • Trigger Position
  • 6.3 Recording Options - Miscellaneous
    • 1x/4x Mode
    • Physical Lane Order
    • Resolve Reliable Connections
  • 6.4 Recording Options - Events
    • Events Options
  • 6.5 Recording Options - Actions
    • Event Sequences
    • Event Counts
    • Actions Window Layout
  • 6.6 Connecting Events to Actions
  • 6.7 Triggering from an Event in a Set
  • 6.8 Creating an Event Sequence
  • 6.9 Counting Events
  • 6.10 Triggering External Output
    • Cabling
    • Setting External Output Options
    • Specifying Pulse Signal Outputs
  • 6.11 Setting Multiple Conditions with Counters
    • Sequencing with Counters
    • Linking Two Events to Two or More Counters
  • 6.12 Filtering Traffic
  • 6.13 Restarting Sequences and Counters
    • Restarting a Sequence
    • Restarting a Count
  • 6.14 Saving Recording Options
  • 6.15 Recording InfiniBand Traffic
  • 6.16 Training Retry
• 7. Display Options
  • 7.1 General Display Options
  • 7.2 Saving and Loading Display Options
  • 7.3 Color Display Options
  • 7.4 Formats Display Options
  • 7.5 Hiding
  • 7.6 Compound Hiding
  • 7.7 Headers
• 8. Reading a CATC Trace
  • 8.1 Trace View Features
  • 8.2 Set Marker
  • 8.3 Edit or Clear Marker
  • 8.4 Expanded and Collapsed Field Formats
• 9. Decoding Traffic
  • 9.1 Decoding and Displaying Traffic
    • Decoding Via the Toolbar
    • Decoding Via the Display Options Dialog Box
  • 9.2 Decoding Assignments
  • 9.3 Tool Tips
  • 9.4 Expanding & Collapsing Traffic
  • 9.5 MAD Formats
  • 9.6 MAD, SA and SRP Decoder Script Files
    • Hiding/Displaying Fields via Decoder Script Files
  • 9.7 Decoding Assignments
  • 9.8 Viewing Details about MAD, Subnet Administration and SRP Fields
    • Viewing MAD or SRP Fields
    • Viewing Subnet Administration fields
    • Viewing SA Attributes
• 10. Other Features
  • 10.1 Search
    • Go to Trigger
    • Go to Packet
    • Go to Marker
    • Go to
    • Find
    • Find Next
  • 10.2 Displaying Raw 10b Codes
  • 10.3 Edit Comment
  • 10.4 File Information
  • 10.5 Error Summary
  • 10.6 Timing Calculations
  • 10.7 Traffic Summary
  • 10.8 Bus Utilization
  • 10.9 Real Time Statistics
  • 10.10 Exporting Packets and Data
  • 10.11 Resolving Reliable Connections
    • Breaking a Connection
    • Creating a Connection
  • 10.12 Verification Scripts
    • Editing and Creating Scripts
• 11. How to Contact CATC
• Index