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7 Using Xtools

This chapter describes how to use xclus, xcxclus, xperf, and xcxperf. This chapter addresses
the following topics:

“Xtools Overview” (page 76)

“Using xclus and xcxclus” (page 76)

“Starting xclus and xcxclus” (page 78)

“Viewing xclus and xcxclus Displays” (page 81)

“Viewing xclus (Enhanced) Itanium Icons” (page 82)

“Viewing xclus (Enhanced) Single-Core and Dual-Core AMD Opteron Node Icons”
(page 83)

“Viewing xclus(Enhanced) Native Quad-Core AMD Opteron Node Icons” (page 84)

“Viewing xcxclus (Generic) Node Icons” (page 85)

“Showing Statistic Names and Descriptions” (page 86)

“Showing Bandwidth or Utilization Rates” (page 86)

“Showing HyperTransport Data Statistics or Data and Control Statistics” (page 86)

“Changing the Refresh Rate” (page 86)

“Hiding Statistic Values” (page 86)

“Suspending the Display” (page 86)

“Modifying the Display Size and Layout” (page 86)

“Using Enhanced (xclus) Menu Options” (page 87)

“Using Generic (xcxclus) Menu Options” (page 87)

“Recording, Replaying, and Plotting xclus and xcxclus Data” (page 89)

“Starting xperf or xcxperf from xclus or xcxclus” (page 92)

“Viewing Grouped Nodes” (page 92)

“Using xperf and xcxperf” (page 94)

“Starting xperf and xcxperf” (page 94)

“Viewing xperf and xcxperf Displays” (page 95)

“Viewing Itanium xperf (Enhanced) Statistics” (page 96)

“Viewing AMD Opteron xperf (Enhanced) Statistics” (page 98)

“Viewing xcxperf (Generic) Statistics” (page 101)

“Displaying Color Legends and Creating Tear-Away Legends” (page 104)

“Hiding or Showing Graphs” (page 104)

“Showing I/O Bandwidth or Utilization Rates” (page 104)

“Showing Cycles Per Instruction or Instructions Per Cycle” (page 104)

“Modifying Graph Colors and Line Widths” (page 104)

“Using xperf (Enhanced) Menu Options” (page 104)

“Using xcxperf (Generic) Menu Options” (page 105)

“Starting an HPCPI Label from xperf” (page 106)

“Viewing Generic Data with xclus or xperf” (page 109)

“Viewing Enhanced Data with xcxclus or xcxperf” (page 110)

“Xtools Daemons” (page 111)

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