Run ntstart.sh
You can run ntstart.sh in order to load the driver and start
ntservice on Linux as shown
below.
$ sudo /opt/napatech3/bin/ntstart.sh Loading nt3gd driver [Done] Creating driver device file [Done] Loading nt3gd_netdev driver [Done] Creating driver device file [Done] Starting NTService (this may take a while) [Done]
The actual messages will depend on the version of the driver package.
Log messages from the driver
To monitor the log messages from the driver, you can start ntservice in console mode after loading the driver as shown in the example below.
$ sudo /opt/napatech3/bin/ntload.sh Loading nt3gd driver [Done] Creating driver device file [Done] Loading nt3gd_netdev driver [Done] Creating driver device file [Done] $ sudo /opt/napatech3/bin/ntserviceAn output example:
514815: INF: Starting ntservice (v. 3.25.5.11-9bcd529a) 514815: INF: init: UID=0 GID=0 EUID=0 EGID=0 514815: INF: init: PID=514815 PPID=514490 PGRP=514815 514815: INF: init: Executable: /opt/napatech3/bin/ntservice ... ... 514815: INF: ************************************************************** 514815: INF: * NTService is now operational. * 514815: INF: ************************************************************** ... ... 514815: INF: Port 1: NIM initialized 514815: INF: Port 1: Port type: SFP28-SR-DR 514815: INF: Port 1: DisableFecAutoNegotiation = 0 514815: INF: Port 1: NIM power class = 1 514815: INF: Port 1: Link Down 514815: INF: Port 1: Link Up
Log messages
You can run the ntlog tool to see the logs from the driver and ntservice. Please refer to Check Error Messages from the Driver for more information on how to check the log messages.