The Napatech Documentation Portal
The Napatech Documentation Portal at docs.napatech.com contains various product manuals.
The Napatech Support Portal
The Napatech Support Portal at supportportal.napatech.com contains different types of information useful for troubleshooting.
Release notes
The release notes included in the product packages contain descriptions of the latest product enhancements, error corrections and known errors.
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Abbreviations
API
Application Programming Interface
Appl
APPLication
Buf
BUFfer
cmd
CoMmanD
cnt
CouNT
config, Config
CONFIGuration
CPU
Central Processing Unit
Dhcp
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DMA
Direct Memory Access
DN
Document Number
Ext
EXTernal
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Fec
Forward Error Correction
FPGA
Field-Programmable Gate Array
GNU
GNU’s Not Unix
GPL
General Public License (GNU)
HAL
Hardware Abstraction Layer
HW
HardWare
Id, ID
IDentifier
Ids
IDentifierS
IFG
Inter-Frame Gap
info, Info
INFOrmation
ini
INItiator
Init
INITialization
Int
INTernal
IP
Internet Protocol
IPC
Inter-Process Communication
ISR
Interrupt Service Routine
Km
Key Matcher
LibNTAPI
LIBrary NapaTech Application Programming Interface
LibNTOS
LIBrary NapaTech Operating System
Max
MAXimum
MDI
Medium Dependent Interface
mmap
Memory MAP
NS
NanoSecond
NIM
Network Interface Module
nt, Nt, NT
NapaTech
ntapi, NTAPI
NapaTech Application Programming Interface
ntpl, Ntpl, NTPL
NapaTech Programming Language
Ntts, NTTS
NapaTech Time Synchronization
Num
NUMber
Numa, NUMA
Non-Uniform Memory Access
Os, OS
Operating System
PCAP
Packet CAPture
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Pps, PPS
Pulse-Per-Second
Ptp, PTP
Precision Time Protocol
QPI
QuickPath Interconnect
Rev.
REVision
Rx, RX
Receive
SDRAM
Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory
SLB
Socket Load Balancing
Stat
STATistics
Sync
SYNChronization
Tcam
Ternary Content-Adressable Memory
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
Tx, TX
Transmission/Transmit
Unix, UNIX
UNiplexed Information and Computing System