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Preface
This manual describes how you use the Common Trace Facility (CTF) utility to
collect and analyze protocol data from networking software.
Audience
This manual is intended for the system or network manager who must carry out
problem solving tasks on a DECnet/OSI for VMS network. You should be familiar
with:
• The VMS operating system
• DECnet/OSI for VMS
• The networking product(s) that you are tracing. In particular, you should
have a detailed understanding of the protocols used by these networking
products.
The Structure of the Manual
This manual has four chapters and four appendixes:
• Chapter 1 is an introduction to CTF.
• Chapter 2 describes the components of CTF, and how these components collect
and display data.
• Chapter 3 describes the functions provided by the CTF user interface.
• Chapter 4 describes the use of each of the CTF commands that make up the
CTF user interface.
• Appendix A describes the tracepoints provided by DEC WANrouter 100/500
software.
• Appendix B describes the tracepoints provided by VAX Packetnet System
Interface (P.S.I.) software.
• Appendix C describes the tracepoints provided by the VAX Wide Area
Network (WAN) Device Drivers software.
• Appendix D describes the tracepoints provided by the OSI Transport software.
Associated Manuals
The DECnet/OSI for VMS Network Management manual describes the network
management model; you should be familiar with this model, particularly with the
structure of entity names, since most of the tracepoint names that CTF uses are
based on entity names.
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