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

Chapter 7 133
Commands
NETCONTROL TRACEON and TRACEOFF
NETCONTROL TRACEON and TRACEOFF
Enables or disables message tracing for the specified transport entity.
Syntax
NETCONTROL {TRACEON=type[,options]} [;{NI=niName [;PROT=niprot]} ]
{TRACEOFF } {NET=niName }
{GATE=gatehalfname }
{PROT=gprot }
where the parameter option has the following options:
[DISC][,[filename][,[recsize][,filesize]]]
Parameters
TRACEON Enables tracing for the one entity specified by the NI,
PROT, NET,orGATE keywords,or for the control process
if none of those keywords are specified. The control
process will be started if it is not already running. This
function cannot be used to modify any parameters of
tracing which has already been enabled. If tracing is
already enabled for the specified entity, a
“PREVIOUSLY ENABLED” error will occur.
type (Required). Specifies the type of data to trace from the
specified entity. This field is made up of one or more of
the following key letters, concatenated, and entered in
any order:
M — Trace Messages
H — Trace Packet Header Data
D — Trace Packet Data
S — Trace State Transitions
B — Trace Buffers
N — Trace Nodal Management Events
Recommended type setting is MHD. There is no
default.
options Specifies additional information about where to put the
collected trace data. There are several parameters.
NOTE A comma must precede a parameter whenever (a) that parameter is
included or (b) that parameter is omitted but any other parameter
which follows it is included.
DISC (Optional). Trace information will be
written to a disc file, specified by the
filename parameter. DISC is the
default and the only valid input.