Release Note for Naptatech Link™ Capture Software version 12.2.2 for Linux
Release date
2020-04-03
Description
Software package version ntanl_package_3gd-linux-12.2.2.
The Napatech Link Capture 12.2 software release introduces powerful features for test & measurement applications. Nanosecond hardware transmit and receive timestamping enables precision network roundtrip delay and jitter measurements. The solution also includes advanced features for error and network jitter simulation. All of this is supported for 10G, 25G, 40G and 100G network speeds. The release also includes support for Cisco FabricPath encapsulation and bug-fix’es.
Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bugfix’es and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to.
Feature summary:
- Tx time stamp inject at offset relative to L3/L4 headers
- L2 and L3/L4 (IP/TCP/UDP) Tx Checksums Generation
- L2 and L3/L4 (IP/TCP/UDP) Rx Checksums Verification
- Cisco FabricPath encapsulation
The package contains code examples to support application integration and usage of the new features.
In a default installation code examples for the Tx timestamp inject, Tx using segments with dynamic descriptors and L3/L4 checksum support can be found in:
- /opt/napatech3/examples/net/timestamp_inject
- /opt/napatech3/examples/net/transmit_segment_dyn_descr
- /opt/napatech3/examples/net/checksum
The Intel-A10 images are not yet updated with the new features.
Operating systems
The Napatech software package applies to these operating systems:
- Linux 3.0 -> 3.19 (64-bit)
- Linux 4.0 -> 4.18 (64-bit)
- Linux 5.0 -> 5.03 (64-bit)
The software has been qualified on: CentOS 7 and CentOS 8
Hardware / FPGA images
| Hardware | FPGA images | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NT20E3-2-PTP | 200-9501-28-07 | 2x10G port speed |
| NT40E3-4-PTP | 200-9502-10-07 | 4x10G port speed | 200-9537-28-07 | 4x10G port speed Capture | 200-9538-28-07 | 4x10G port speed Capture + Dedup |
| NT80E3-2-PTP | 200-9503-28-07 | 2x40G port speed | 200-9519-28-07 | 8x10G port speed |
| NT200A01 | 200-9515-20-10 | 2x100G port speed Capture | 200-9516-20-10 | 2x100G port speed Replay | 200-9531-28-08 | 2x10/25G port speed | 200-9512-28-07 | 2x40G port speed | 200-9522-28-07 | 8x10G port speed |
| NT40A01-4x1 | 200-9500-28-07 | 4x1G port speed |
| NT100E3-1-PTP | 200-9505-28-07 | 1x100G port speed |
| INTEL-A10 | 200-7000-27-02 | 4x10G port speed | 200-7001-27-02 | 1x40G port speed |
| NT200A02 | 200-9521-28-07 | 2x100G port speed | 200-9526-28-07 | 2x40G port speed | 200-9532-28-08 | 2x10/25G port speed | 200-9533-28-07 | 8x10G port speed | 200-9534-28-07 | 8x10G port speed, Capture Flow Management | 200-9535-28-07 | 2x40G port speed, Capture Flow Management | 200-9543-28-07 | 2x100G port speed, Test & Measurement | 200-9545-28-08 | 2x40G port speed, Test & Measurement | 200-9546-28-07 | 2x10/25G port speed, Test & Measurement |
Driver version
3.20.2
LibPCAP version
3.18.2
Tools version
3.20.2
ImgCtrl version
3.11.3
Test status
Complete test plan.
Documentation
Documentation is available in the "Documentation" folder.
Release note generated at
2020-04-03