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Contents
Preface ............................................................ vii
1 Introduction to CTF
1.1 What Is CTF? ............................................... 1–1
1.2 How Does CTF Work? ........................................ 1–1
1.3 Networking Products that Support CTF . . . ....................... 1–2
2 Technical Overview
2.1 Tracepoints and Trace Records . . ................................ 2–1
2.1.1 Local and Remote Tracepoints ............................... 2–2
2.2 How CTF Collects and Displays Trace Records ..................... 2–2
2.2.1 Detached Tracing . ........................................ 2–3
2.2.2 Live Tracing ............................................. 2–3
2.2.3 Snapshot Tracing . ........................................ 2–3
2.2.4 Restrictions on Tracing .................................... 2–4
2.3 CTF Structure .............................................. 2–4
2.3.1 CTF Support on VMS Systems ............................... 2–5
2.3.2 CTF Support on Remote Servers ............................. 2–6
2.4 CTF Files . . ................................................ 2–7
2.5 An Example of Trace Output . . . ................................ 2–8
3 Using CTF
3.1 Introduction ................................................ 3–1
3.2 System Requirements ........................................ 3–1
3.2.1 Startup Procedure ........................................ 3–2
3.2.2 System Resources . ........................................ 3–2
3.3 User Requirements . . ........................................ 3–2
3.3.1 Keypad Definitions ........................................ 3–3
3.4 Running the TRACE Utility .................................... 3–3
3.4.1 Tracing Phase IV Products . . ................................ 3–4
3.5 Starting and Stopping Collection of Trace Records ................... 3–4
3.5.1 Tracepoint Names ........................................ 3–5
3.5.1.1 Using Wildcards in Tracepoint Names ...................... 3–5
3.5.2 Starting Detached Tracing . . ................................ 3–6
3.5.3 Starting Live Tracing ...................................... 3–7
3.5.4 Starting Snapshot Tracing . . ................................ 3–7
3.5.5 Stopping Tracing . ........................................ 3–8
3.6 Displaying Trace Records ...................................... 3–8
3.6.1 Controlling Output During Live Tracing ....................... 3–8
3.6.2 Displaying the Contents of Trace Files . . ....................... 3–10
3.7 Defining Key Sequences for CTF Commands ....................... 3–10
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