NS3000/iX Operations and Maintenance Reference Manual (36922-90039)

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Commands
LINKCONTROL
ON Turns link level tracing on.
OFF Turns link level tracing off. Any
subsequent subparameters are checked
for syntax but are otherwise ignored.
DATA (LAN and token ring links only) Traces
all read and write requests. If neither
DATA nor ALL is specified, DATA is the
default.
ALL (LAN and token ring links only) Traces
all read, write, control, status, and
exception requests.
PARTIAL (Point-to-Point only) Trace all read,
write, control, status, and exception
requests. Only the first 16 bytes of data
are traced for reads or writes.
FULL (Point-to-Point only) Traces the full
data field for all read, write, control,
status, and exception requests. If
neither PARTIAL nor FULL is specified,
PARTIAL is the default.
buffsize The trace buffer size in memory, in
kilobytes. This area is used to buffer
trace data before it is written to disk.
Allowable values are from 1 to 16.
tracefile Actual file designator of the disk file
where the trace is to be written. If not
specified, the trace will automatically
be written to a file with the name
NMTCnnnn.PUB.SYS, where nnnn is a
value between 0000 and 9999. If the
filename is specified without group or
account names, the current group and
account names are used.
TRACE may not be specified in a LINKCONTROL
command also containing STATUS.