Introduction

4GA Software Installation for Windows
Platform
Napatech SmartNIC
Content Type
Software Installation Guide
Capture Software Version
Link™ Capture Software 12.2

In this document

This document contains information about installation of Napatech Software Suite for Windows and WinPcap with Napatech extensions for Napatech SmartNICs.

Note: This document refers to 4GA (fourth-generation architecture) releases. For 3GA (third-generation architecture) releases, please refer to the appropriate documentation relevant for 3GA releases.
Note: This document refers to functionality provided by Napatech Software Suite (also referred to as 3GD). For users of Napatech Driver Software (also referred to as 2GD), please refer to the appropriate documentation relevant for Napatech Driver Software.
Note: Napatech Software Suite for Windows only applies to the Windows operating systems.
CAUTION:
Refer to these documents for information on how to install the SmartNIC in a server:

Terminology

In this document the term NT100E3-1-PTP does not include NT100E3-1-PTP-NEBS SmartNICs, the term NT80E3-2-PTP does not include NT80E3-2-PTP-NEBS SmartNICs, the term NT80E3-2-PTP-8×10/2×40 does not include NT80E3-2-PTP-NEBS-8×10/2×40 SmartNICs, the term NT40E3-4-PTP does not include NT40E3-4-PTP-NEBS SmartNICs, the term NT20E3-2-PTP does not include NT20E3-2-PTP-NEBS SmartNICs, the term NT20E2 does not include NT20E2-PTP SmartNICs, the term NT20E does not include NT20E3-2-PTP, NT20E3-2-PTP-NEBS, NT20E2, NT20E2-PTP and NT20E-NEBS SmartNICs, and the term NT4E does not include NT4E2-4-PTP, NT4E2-4T-BP, NT4E-4-NEBS and NT4E-STD SmartNICs. However, the term NT80E3-2-PTP includes NT80E3-2-PTP-8×10/2×40 SmartNICs, except in contexts where the NT80E3-2-PTP-8×10/2×40 SmartNICs are also mentioned specifically, and the term NT80E3-2-PTP-NEBS includes NT80E3-2-PTP-NEBS-8×10/2×40 SmartNICs, except in contexts where the NT80E3-2-PTP-NEBS-8×10/2×40 SmartNICs are also mentioned specifically.

The term WinPcap-NT is used for WinPcap with Napatech extensions.

WinPcap version

WinPcap-NT is based on the WinPcap 4.1.3 release.