This document contains information about SW installation for Linux related to SmartNICs with Napatech Link-Capture™ Software.
In this document
Napatech Link-Capture™ Software provides a kernel mode driver, a user mode service
(ntservice), an API (NTAPI), tools for configuring and monitoring SmartNICs, and tools for capturing and generating network traffic
using SmartNICs.
Note: SmartNICs with Napatech Link-Capture™ Software do not
show up as standard network interfaces when you run standard network tools such as
ifconfig or ip. You must use Napatech-specific tools to configure and monitor the SmartNICs. In this installation guide, the tools
imgctrl (only applies to Napatech
SmartNICs) and adapterinfo are used to
verify steps in the installation process.
Note: You must install libpcap with Napatech extensions in order to use PCAP applications with SmartNICs running Napatech Link-Capture™ Software. This
installation guide includes installation of libpcap with Napatech extensions. Please refer to DN-0428 for
information about configuration of libpcap with Napatech
extensions.
CAUTION:
Refer to these documents for
information on how to install a Napatech SmartNIC in a server:
- NT400D13-SCC: DN-1328
- NT400D13-PC: DN-1329
- NT400D11-SCC: DN-1328
- NT400D11-NEBS: DN-1329
- NT200A02-SCC: DN-1169
- NT200A02-NEBS: DN-1200
- NT100A01-SCC: DN-1261
- NT100A01-NEBS: DN-1262
- NT50B01: DN-1251
- NT40A11-SCC: DN-1326
- NT40A11-NEBS: DN-1327
- NT40A01-SCC: DN-0954
- NT40A01-NEBS: DN-0955
- NT40E3-4-PTP: DN-0797
- NT40E3-4-PTP-NEBS: DN-0897
- NT20E3-2-PTP: DN-0904
- NT20E3-2-PTP-NEBS: DN-0905
Terminology
In this document the term NT40E3-4-PTP does not include NT40E3-4-PTP-NEBS SmartNICs, and the term NT20E3-2-PTP does not include NT20E3-2-PTP-NEBS SmartNICs.