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Development Tools User’s Manual
IXP2400/IXP2800 Network Processors
Developer Workbench
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Media bus cycles per frame
—this represents the average number of cycles between
frames.
For ATM streams, a cell is considered to be a frame. For each port, the Workbench starts
counting cycles for the receive rate calculation when the port asserts start-of-packet (SOP)
for the first packet received by the Network Processor after the user starts debugging or
resets statistics. For the transmit rate calculation, cycle counting starts when the port gets
start-of-packet (SOP) for the first packet transmitted by the Network Processor after the
user starts debugging or resets statistics.
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By selecting
Update status window every
xxx
microengine cycles
, the Workbench updates
the status at the specified interval while the simulation is running. By default, the Workbench
updates the data displayed in the window only when simulation stops.
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Use this seed for random selection ... Previous value xxxxxxxxxx
. You can force the
random selection generator to use the number used on the last simulation, or you can type a
new number. The number displayed is the number last used. To keep the same seed value, click
the box.
When you have completed specifying all your options, click
OK
to apply your choices and dismiss
the dialog box or select another tab.
2.11.2
Traffic Interface Logging
In the
Packet Simulation Options
property sheet, click the
Traffic Interface Logging
tab in order
to specify whether and how the logging of received and transmitted packets is to occur.
Logging is done on a per-port basis with receive and transmit logs being written to separate files.
Only complete packets are logged. This means that if you enable logging during simulation,
logging for a port will start when the next SOP occurs. Similarly, if you disable logging, any packet
that is in the process of being received or transmitted will not get logged. Packet simulation log
files are closed automatically when simulation stops. The log file is opened and appended to when
simulation resumes. Existing log files are automatically cleared when the first packet is logged
after debugging is started.