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Chapter 3, Getting Started with Xgig TraceControl Launching Xgig TraceControl
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To save selected ports, click the
Select Ports
button below the
Save
button which displays the
Select Port Pair(s) to Save list box. A dialog box is displayed to allow you to specify the name of
the saved trace files.
When the trace files are saved, a sub-directory is also created with the same name followed by
“
.tgd
” and the trace files are saved into that sub-directory. As an example, if you name the trace
file “
MyNewTrace
”, a sub-directory named “
MyNewTrace.tgd
” is added to the directory where
you chose to save the files. Saving the trace files to a sub-directory allows you to copy or zip the
sub-directory to share all of the required files for the complete trace with your associates. The
following restrictions are imposed when saving a trace file:
• No other directory with a ".tgd" extension is allowed in the selected path.
• Once a trace file has been saved in a directory, no other trace file with the same name can be
saved into that directory. If a the same name exists, an error message is displayed asking you
to select a different path or a different name.
To save multiple segments, select Save Traces from Segment Range... from the File menu. A
dialog box appears to select the range of segments to save. Then, another dialog box appears to
allow you to specify the name of the saved trace file(s).
When saving a range of segments, the end segment number cannot exceed the number of segments
available in the current capture buffer segment configuration. If a segment in the specified range
does not contain data, the segment is not saved. An information message will display at the end of
the save operation to notify you that some segments were not saved. If the option
Do not show
this warning again is checked in a previous appearance of this message, the message will not
display. For each segment, the trace name is appended with an identifier indicating the segment
number (_seg1, _seg2, etc.).
For example, assume you are saving segments 1 through 4, and segment 3 does not have any
capture data. The trace name you have provided is
newtrace
. The following saved trace files will
be created:
If you are using an Xgig5000 or an Xgig1000, and you have a USB device connected to the
chassis, the following options are available for saving traces.
Save Trace to Chassis USB... and
Save Traces from Segmented Range to Chassis USB...
These options are identical to those
discussed above. The only difference is the Save As dialog. The “Save in” list view shows all
connected USB drives within the sync group. This allows you to save a capture on any chassis in
the sync group even though the ports do not reside in that chassis.
newtrace_seg1.tgp
and will be saved in a subdirectory named newtrace_seg1.tgd
newtrace_seg2.tgp
and will be saved in a subdirectory named
newtrace_seg2.tgd
newtrace_seg4.tgp
and will be saved in a subdirectory named newtrace_seg4.tgd