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Displaying Traces


This topic describes displaying MainView for IP Traces.

To display a MainView for IP Trace

After starting a Trace, you can display it and drill down into the Trace for additional details. Use the D action from the following views to display the Trace records:

  • PKTTRACE: Packet Trace
  • DATTRACE: Data Trace
  • OSATRACE: OSA Trace
  • SKTTRACE: Socket Trace

From the Trace display views, for each trace entry you can drill down to display additional information. The following tables list the views for each type of MainView for IP Trace.

The PKTTRACE view summarizes the Packet Trace by connection and allows the users to drill down on each specific connection in the Packet Trace.

Packet Trace views

View

Description

PKTTRACC

Packet Trace summarized by connection

PKTTRACE 

Packet Traces

PKTTRACD 

Packet Trace Display

PKTTRCAD

Packet Trace Analyzer

PKTTRCDI 

Packet Trace IP Header

PKTTRCD2 

Packet Trace Display Detailed

PKTTRCDT 

Packet Trace TCP Header

PKTTRCDU 

Packet Trace UDP Header

PKTTRCDM 

Packet Trace ICMP Header

PKTTRCDO 

Packet Trace OSPF Header

PKTTRCD6 

Packet Trace IPv6 Header

PKTTRCD3 

Packet Trace Display IPV6

PKTTRCED

Packet Trace Enterprise Extender data

PKTTRSRD 

Packet Trace SMC-R data

PKTTRSDD 

Packet Trace SMC-D data

Packet Trace Headers views

View

Description

PKTTRACH

Packet Trace Headers

PKTTRCHD

Packet Trace Headers Display

PKTTRCHI

Packet Trace IP Header

PKTTRCHU

Packet Trace UDP header

PKTTRCHT

Packet Trace TCP header

PKTTRCHM

Packet Trace ICMP header

PKTTRCH6

Packet Trace IPv6 Header

 OSA Trace views

View

Description

OSATRACE

OSA Traces

OSATRACC 

OSA Trace Data Display summarized by connection

OSATRACD

OSA Trace Display

OSATRCDI

OSA Trace IP Header

OSATRCD1

OSA Trace Display Detailed

OSATRCDT

OSA Trace TCP Header

OSATRCDU

OSA Trace UDP Header

OSATRCDM

OSA Trace ICMP Header

OSATRCDO

OSA Trace OSPF Header

OSATRCD6

OSA Trace IPv6 Header

OSATRCD3

OSA Trace Display IPV6

OSATRCDA  

OSA Trace ARP header

Data Trace views

View

Description

DATTRACE

Data Traces

DATTRACC

Data Trace Detailed Display summarized by connection 

DATTRACD

Data Trace Display

DATTRCD1

Data Trace Display Detailed

DATTRCDD

Data Trace Data

 Socket Trace views

View

Description

SKTTRACE

Socket Traces

SKTTRACC

Socket Trace Details

SKTTRACD

Socket Trace Display

SKTTRCD2

Socket Trace Display Detailed

SKTTRCDA

Socket Trace Display BPX1AIO

Filtering the Trace entries

You can display records for a date, range of dates, a port, IP address and protocol. Each Trace can only display the first 100,000 trace records that match the filter criteria entered.

To filter a MainView for IP Trace

  1. From one of the following Trace display views, place the cursor next to the column title Search Criteria, and press Enter:

    • PKTTRACE: Packet Trace
    • DATTRACE: Data Trace
    • OSATRACE: OSA Trace

    The Search Criteria expands displaying the Trace filter fields that are listed in the following table:

    Packet Trace Filter fields

    Field

    Description

    Start Date

    A specific date or the starting point of a range of dates to limit the records displayed based on the date of the Trace entry.

    Start Time

    A specific time or the starting point of a range of times to limit the records displayed based on the time of the Trace entry.

    Stop Date

    An ending date for a range of dates. Use this field with the Start Date field.

    Stop Time

    An ending time for a range of times. Use this field with the Start Time field.

    Port

    A port number to filter the trace based on source and destination port. The Trace view displays any records that match either source or destination port.

    IP Address

    An IP address to filter the trace based on source and destination IP address. The Trace view displays any records that match either source or destination IP address.

    Protocol

    A type of protocol such as TCP, UDP or ICMP.

    Max Records

    A number from 1-300,000 to define the maximum number of Trace records to display. The default value is 300,000.

  2. Enter the filter criteria and press EnterThe Trace view searches through all the trace records and displays the records that match the criteria entered up to the maximum number of records (Max Records) defined.

Filtering a Socket Trace in MainView IP

Use the following procedure to filter the Packet Trace entries.

To filter a socket trace

  1. From the EZIP menu select Socket Tracing from the Diagnostics section and press Enter.
  2. In the Command field type Filter or F, and press Enter.
  3. Type the filters that you want to limit for the filter Socket Trace.

    Success

    Tip

    You can also type Stack Name, Time Type, Start and Stop Date, and Start and Stop Time filters in this window. Typing filters limits the parameter of the filter Socket Trace.

  4. Press F3 or type END to complete the task.The filtered Socket Packet Tracing details (SKTTRACD) view is displayed (see the following figure).

    Filtered Socket Packet Tracing details view

    27OCT2009  04:50:48 ------ MAINVIEW WINDOW INTERFACE (V6.0.00) ----------------
     COMMAND  ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> PAGE
     CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                            
      W1 =SKTTRACD==========TCPIP====*========27OCT2009==04:50:48====MVIP=====D====6
                             Job      Socket   Socket Before/ Return   Return       
      Date     Time          Name     Type     Number After   Value    Code         
      10/27/09 04:32:10.3324 MV$CAS   BPX1AIO       4 Before                        
      10/27/09 04:32:10.3324 MV$CAS   BPX1AIO       4 After   00000004 00000000     
      10/27/09 04:32:10.3324 MV$CAS   BPX1AIO       4 Before                        
      10/27/09 04:32:10.3324 MV$CAS   BPX1AIO       4 After   00000004 00000000     
      10/27/09 04:32:10.3324 MV$CAS   BPX1AIO       4 Before                        
      10/27/09 04:32:10.3324 MV$CAS   BPX1AIO       4 After   00000000 0000044F

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*

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