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After you have saved the packet trace data, you can view it. You can view the following levels of detail:
The Packet Trace IP Address List displays a number of IP addresses (sorted in chronological order) in a selected trace. The number of IP addresses listed is the number of IP addresses that can be stored in the packet trace header record. If there are more IP addresses than those listed, a > symbol appears beside that IP address count on the Saved Trace List to indicate this.
To list IP addresses in a trace
The IP addresses are displayed.
Note: You can access a connection list or a packet list from this panel.
The SORT command lets you display the Packet Trace IP Address List in a sort order other than the default chronological order.
The operand values for the command are associated with the column heading of the column you want to sort by. For example, enter SORT BYTES to sort the list by the number of bytes.
The SORT operands are as follows:
Displays the available sort values for the list.
Sorts by time of first occurrence of a packet for the address in the trace.
Sorts by the number of bytes in all packets for the address.
Sorts by the number or frequency of packets for the address.
Sorts by IP addresses.
To sort the list
The Sort Values List appears.
The Packet Trace IP Address List appears sorted in the specified order.
Note: Alternatively, to change the sort order, issue the SORT xxx command (where xxx is a valid name, for a sort field, that consists of the minimum number of characters (for uniqueness) from the sort column heading). For example, to sort by number of bytes, issue the SORT B command.
You can use the LOCATE command to position a particular row at the top of the list.
This command is available only when the IP address list is sorted using the SORT command to change the default sort order.
The value you specify after the LOCATE command applies to the sort value that has been issued on the list. It does not necessarily apply to the first column of the list unless you have sorted by the first column.
Example
If you have sorted by time (the default sort order), and you issue the L 11:25:00 command, you are positioned at (the line before) the first time that starts with 11:25:00.
The Saved Trace List provides information about the trace, including:
If there are more IP addresses in this trace than can be incorporated into the IPFILE packet trace header record, a > symbol appears beside that IP address count to indicate this.
To list the traces saved by your packet trace
The CTRACE Packet Tracing Menu appears.
(Optional) If you want to list saved traces on a remote region, specify the name of the INMC link to that region in the Link Name field.
Press Enter.
The Saved Trace List appears.
The Saved Trace List displays a list of traces that were captured and loaded from CTRACE. The list is sorted (in reverse save-date and time chronological order) to show the most recent trace first.
The Packet Trace Description Update panel lets you update the short description of the saved trace displayed on the Saved Trace List.
It also displays the following key information from the Saved Trace List about the trace:
To access the Packet Trace Description Update panel
The Packet Trace Description Update panel appears.
The Packet Trace Connection List displays connections (sorted into chronological order) in a selected trace.
This list has a header that displays some trace record information.
To access the connections in a trace
The connections are displayed.
The SORT command lets you display the Packet Trace Connection List in a sort order other than the default order of date and time.
The operand values for the command are associated with the column heading of the column (except the Connect Count column) that you want to sort by. For example, enter SORT BYTES to sort the list by the number of bytes.
The SORT operands are as follows:
Displays the available sort values for the list.
Sort by time of first occurrence of the packet trace.
Sorts by the number of bytes in a packet.
Sorts by the number or frequency of packets.
Sorts by IP addresses of the foreign hosts.
Sorts by port numbers of foreign ports.
Sorts by IP addresses of the local hosts.
Sorts by port numbers of local ports.
You can use the LOCATE command to position a particular row at the top of the list.
This command is available only when the connection list is sorted using the SORT command to change the default sort order.
The value you specify after the LOCATE command applies to the sort value that has been issued on the list. It does not necessarily apply to the first column of the list unless you have sorted by the first column.
The Packet List displays all packets (sorted into chronological order) in a selected trace, optionally filtered for a specific IP address or connection. This list has a header that displays some trace record information.
To list the packets in a selected trace
Note: If you just saved it, then it is at the top of the list.
The details of the packets that were traced are displayed.
If the save processing found major errors (such as missing records or invalid packet headers) when reading packets from the CTRACE file, then the warning message for each packet in error appears as the entry for that packet on the Packet List.
The following are possible reasons for packets being in error:
To view a Formatted Packet Display of a packet in error, enter S or F next to an error entry.
To view the contents of a packet from the Packet List
The Formatted Packet Display appears.
The format of the displayed details changes.
To print formatted packet details
The PSM : Confirm Printer panel appears.
Specifies the name of the printer on which to print the report.
Specifies the number of copies to print.
Limits: 255
Specifies whether to hold the request on the spool or print immediately.
Specifies whether to delete the request from the spool when printed.
Press F6 (Confirm).
The report is printed.
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