Working With Columns - Viavi Xgig User Manual

Chapter 13, Configuring Xgig TraceView
For example, assume port 1 captures data from second 1 through second 4 and port 2 captures data
from second 2 through second 4. When showing only overlapping data, the overlapping data will
be the data from second 2 through second 4. When showing all trace data, the data from second 1
through second 4 is displayed, but the first part of the data contains data only from port 1.

Working With Columns

The basic display in TraceView is a spreadsheet with each trace event shown as a row and the
interpretation of the data for each event displayed in columns. You can add, delete, or move
columns. Some columns are pre-defined summary fields that contain extensive decode
information. You can set up the columns in any way you wish, including adding the exact
information you want to any column. TraceView includes a large library of pre-defined columns
that you can add to the spreadsheet display.
In the main spreadsheet view, traffic is summed up into one row events. Frames are shown in one
row with a summary. In SAS/SATA, only OOB events (as determined by the state machines in the
hardware) are shown. Also, SAS/SATA Primitive Sequences are shown as single row events,
unless they are interrupted by errors. Error are always shown in the main spreadsheet view. If you
wish to see the word-by-word details of this events, use the Details Pane.
You can enlarge or reduce the size of the font in the spreadsheet view by using the
zoom buttons.
An example of the spreadsheet display of events is shown below.
Figure 134: Example Spreadsheet Display
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