Frequently Asked Questions

Table of contents:

1. What are the netloc tools? How do I use them?

The netloc project creates a small collection of tools to help users collect and analyze the network topology. Each tool is listed below with a link to further documentation about how to use it properly.

• Network Readers
  • netloc_reader_ib
    Reader for InfiniBand Networks (see this FAQ for more details)
  • netloc_reader_of
    Reader for OpenFlow managed Ethernet Networks (see this FAQ for more details)
• lsnettopo
  A tool to display a textual representation of the network topology. It can also export the graph to some standard graph file formats.
• netloc_ib_extract_dats
  A tool to assist in the extraction of netloc data from raw InfiniBand data. (see this FAQ for more details).
• netloc_ib_gather_raw
  A tool to assist in the gathering of raw InfiniBand data. (see this FAQ for more details).