CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Introduction to CTF 1.1 What Is CTF? 1.2 How Does CTF Work? 1.3 Networking Products that Support CTF 2 Technical Overview 2.1 Tracepoints and Trace Records 2.1.1 Local and Remote Tracepoints 2.2 How CTF Collects and Displays Trace Records 2.2.1 Detached Tracing 2.2.2 Live Tracing 2.2.3 Snapshot Tracing 2.2.4 Restrictions on Tracing 2.3 CTF Structure 2.3.1 CTF Support on VMS Systems 2.3.2 CTF Support on Remote Servers 2.4 CTF Files 2.5 An Example of Trace Output 3 Using CTF 3.1 Introduction 3.2 System Requirements 3.2.1 Startup Procedure 3.2.2 System Resources 3.3 User Requirements 3.3.1 Keypad Definitions 3.4 Running the TRACE Utility 3.4.1 Tracing Phase IV Products 3.5 Starting and Stopping Collection of Trace Records 3.5.1 Tracepoint Names 3.5.1.1 Using Wildcards in Tracepoint Names 3.5.2 Starting Detached Tracing 3.5.3 Starting Live Tracing 3.5.4 Starting Snapshot Tracing 3.5.5 Stopping Tracing 3.6 Displaying Trace Records 3.6.1 Controlling Output During Live Tracing 3.6.2 Displaying the Contents of Trace Files 3.7 Defining Key Sequences for CTF Commands 3.8 Filtering 3.9 Problems Running CTF 3.9.1 Loss of Trace Records 3.9.2 Failure to Connect to Remote Servers 4 CTF Commands 4.1 Using the CTF Keypad ANALYZE ATTACH BACK CLEAR COLLECT DEFINE/KEY DELETE/KEY EXIT HELP REFRESH SHOW KEY SPAWN START STOP A DEC WANrouter 100/500 Tracepoints MODEM_CONNECT LINE DDCMP LINK HDLC LINK LAPB LINK CSMA-CD STATION CSMA-CD PORT X25L3 DTE X25L3 CIRCUIT ROUTING CIRCUIT NSP PORT B VAX P.S.I. Tracepoints LAPB LINK LLC2 SAP LINK X25L3 DTE X25L3 CIRCUIT X25GAP CIRCUIT C VAX WAN Device Driver Tracepoints MODEM_CONNECT LINE DDCMP LINK HDLC LINK LAPB LINK D DECnet/OSI for VMS Tracepoints MOP NSP Transport OSI_TRANSPORT PORT ROUTING CIRCUIT Session Control FIGURES 2-1 Trace Records 2-2 Live Tracing on VMS Systems and Remote Servers 2-3 Detached Tracing on VMS Systems and Remote Servers TABLES 2-1 CTF Files 3-1 Identifiers in the Rights Database 3-2 Default CTF Keys 4-1 Summary of CTF Commands A-1 MODEM_CONNECT LINE Trace Events for DEC WANrouter A-2 DDCMP LINK Trace Events for DEC WANrouter A-3 HDLC LINK Trace Events for DEC WANrouter A-4 LAPB LINK Trace Events for DEC WANrouter A-5 CSMA-CD STATION Trace Events for DECnet-VAX A-6 CSMA-CD PORT Trace Events for DECnet-VAX A-7 X.25 DTE Trace Events for VAX P.S.I. A-8 X.25L3 CIRCUIT Trace Events for VAX P.S.I. A-9 ROUTING CIRCUIT Trace Events for DEC WANrouter A-10 NSP PORT Trace Events for DEC WANrouter B-1 LAPB LINK Trace Events for VAX P.S.I. B-2 LLC2 SAP LINK Trace Events for VAX P.S.I. B-3 X.25 DTE Trace Events for VAX P.S.I. B-4 X.25L3 CIRCUIT Trace Events for VAX P.S.I. B-5 X25GAP CIRCUIT Trace Events for VAX P.S.I. C-1 MODEM_CONNECT LINE Trace Events for VAX WAN Device Drivers C-2 DDCMP LINK Trace Events for VAX WAN Device Drivers C-3 HDLC LINK Trace Events for VAX WAN Device Drivers C-4 LAPB LINK Trace Events for VAX WAN Device Drivers D-1 MOP Trace Events for DECnet-VAX D-2 OSI_TRANSPORT PORT Trace Events for OSI Transport Software D-3 ROUTING CIRCUIT Trace Events for DECnet-VAX D-4 SESSION PORT Trace Events for DECnet-VAX