Link™ Capture Software 12.4.2 for Linux
2020-09-04 10:36

The Napatech Link Capture 12.4 software release introduces support for 2x1/10G on NT200A02 and improved timestamp precision and accuracy for 1G and 10G on NT40E3

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 (new and improved features):

  • NT200A02:
    • 2x1/10G support with optimized timestamp precision and accuracy added to Capture/Replay feature set (new FPGA image 200-9555-32-10)
    • Tx path latency values available via NTAPI for 2x25G, 2x40G and 2x100G with Capture Test & Measurement feature set
  • NT40E3:
    • Improved timestamp precision and accuracy for 1G and 10G on NT40E3-4-PTP Capture/Replay CR2 feature set (FPGA image 200-9538-34-09)

This release also resolves these Support requests and issues (compared to the 12.3.3):

   (12.4.2) Support-ID 43502: Signal handlers for SIGHUP and SIGTERM to pps tools, to ensure correct clean up on program termination     
   (12.4.2) Support-ID 43608: latency/pktgen tool now support 4ga timestamp inject
   (12.4.2) Support-ID 43389: Updated Port-2-port precision and accuracy of dual NT200A02 setup (10G)
   (12.4.2) Support-ID 43295: Timestamp difference of +/- 20 ns when capturing on two 10G ports on NT40E3
   (12.4.2) Support-ID 43633: A segfault error may happen for certain return values from the NT API.

If you experience issues downloading the below attached tar.gz file, please try this direct link: ntanl_package_3gd-12.4.2.2-linux.tar.gz