Features in releases
In 3GA
releases and in previous 4GA releases, feature sets were used for identifying features in a
release. From the Link™ Capture Software 11.2 release features may vary within a feature set
and properties must be used for further identifying exactly which features, such as VN-Tag
classification, apply to a specific SmartNIC in a specific release.
These properties
can be queried by applications that wish to obtain information about the capabilities of the
Napatech driver and installed SmartNICs.
From the Link™ Capture Software 11.3 release,
properties are also relevant for 3GA users, so it is recommended that these users start to
also use properties for checking which features, such as start-of-frame time-stamping, are
supported.
See DN-0449 for details on
available properties and how to use them.
Style Conventions
Bold typeface is used for names of, for instance, user interface elements and software components.
Italic typeface is used for replaceable text.
Monospaced typeface is used for code, commands and file names.
Abbreviations
4GA
Fourth-Generation Architecture
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
GPDU
GSM Protocol Data Unit
GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
GREv0
Generic Routing Encapsulation Version 0
GREv1
Generic Routing Encapsulation Version 1
GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications
GTP
GPRS Tunneling Protocol
GTPv0-U
GPRS Tunneling Protocol Version 0 – User data tunneling
GTPv1-C
GPRS Tunneling Protocol Version 1 – Control section
GTPv1-U
GPRS Tunneling Protocol Version 1 – User data tunneling
GTPv1v2-C
GPRS Tunneling Protocol Version 1 or Version 2 – Control section
GTPv2-C
GPRS Tunneling Protocol Version 2 – Control section
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
IEEE
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IOMMU
Input/Output Memory Management Unit
IPv4
Internet Protocol Version 4
IPv6
Internet Protocol Version 6
IPX
Internetwork Packet eXchange
Mac, MAC
Media Access Control
MPLS
MultiProtocol Label Switching
NDIS
Network Driver Interface Specification
NEBS
Network Equipment-Building System
NT-TS
NapaTech Time Synchronization
NTPL
NapaTech Programming Language
Ntts
NapaTech Time Synchronization
NVGRE
Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation
PCIe
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
Ptp, PTP
Precision Time Protocol
QPI
QuickPath Interconnect
RMON
Remote network MONitoring
SCTP
Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Tcp, TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
Tx, TX
Transmission/Transmit
Udp, UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UNIX
UNiplexed Information and Computing System
VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
VN-Tag
Virtual Network TAG
References
DN-0449
Napatech, Napatech Software Suite, Reference Documentation
DN-0810
Napatech, 4GA SmartNICs with Napatech Software Suite, Software Architecture, Overview
Document
DN-1128
Napatech, 4GA SmartNICs with Napatech Software Suite, Feature Set N-ANL11, Feature
Description