Install Napatech Link-Capture™ Software using
the package installer script included in the product release package.
Before you begin
You need to install the following:
- Linux kernel development headers, GCC version 4.0 or later, glibc,
and make (you should have already installed these in Installing the OPAE Framework)
- ncurses version 5.0 or later (only applies to the monitoring,
profiling and setup_wizard
tools):
sudo yum install ncurses
Procedure
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Go to the Napatech site: https://www.napatech.com/products/link-capture-software-for-intel/.
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From the toolbar, click Download Software.
Scroll down to
Link-Capture™ Software for Intel® Programmable
Acceleration Card with Intel Arria® 10 GX FPGA and download either the
Windows or Linux product package.
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Unpack the product package:
tar xzf ntanl_package_3gd_intel_pac-x.y.z-linux.tar.gz
cd ntanl_package_3gd_intel_pac-x.y.z-linux
The unpacked product directory contains:
- Product package release notes.
- A readme file, describing the product package content.
- A package install shell script, a product package install script.
- A documentation subdirectory.
- A subdirectory for each product package component, containing release notes and an
installer file for the component.
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Install the Napatech driver and tools:
Note: You need root privileges to install and compile the Linux driver and the
tools.
sudo package_install_3gd-x.y.z.sh
The product package installer script is located in the root directory. This installs
the driver software, the tools, documentation, FPGA images, and optionally a version of
libpcap.
If the product package installer script detects that a version of the driver software
is already installed, you can update the existing installation, delete the existing
installation before commencing, or quit the installation script.
You can install a version of libpcap with Napatech extensions. For more information
about libpcap with Napatech extensions, see DN-0428.
The /opt/napatech3/ directory, including subdirectories, is
created. The driver is installed and compiled to match the target Linux kernel
version.
Note: Napatech Link-Capture™ Software with
Intel® PAC A10 GX does not
show up as a standard network interface when you run network tools such as
ifconfig or
ip. See
Overview for more information.