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7 Using Xtools
This chapter describes how to use xclus, xcxclus, xperf, and xcxperf. This chapter addresses
the following topics:
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“Using xclus and xcxclus” (page 76)
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“Starting xclus and xcxclus” (page 78)
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“Viewing xclus and xcxclus Displays” (page 81)
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“Viewing xclus (Enhanced) Itanium Icons” (page 82)
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“Viewing xclus (Enhanced) Single-Core and Dual-Core AMD Opteron Node Icons”
(page 83)
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“Viewing xclus(Enhanced) Native Quad-Core AMD Opteron Node Icons” (page 84)
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“Viewing xcxclus (Generic) Node Icons” (page 85)
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“Showing Statistic Names and Descriptions” (page 86)
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“Showing Bandwidth or Utilization Rates” (page 86)
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“Showing HyperTransport Data Statistics or Data and Control Statistics” (page 86)
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“Changing the Refresh Rate” (page 86)
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“Hiding Statistic Values” (page 86)
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“Suspending the Display” (page 86)
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“Modifying the Display Size and Layout” (page 86)
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“Using Enhanced (xclus) Menu Options” (page 87)
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“Using Generic (xcxclus) Menu Options” (page 87)
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“Recording, Replaying, and Plotting xclus and xcxclus Data” (page 89)
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“Starting xperf or xcxperf from xclus or xcxclus” (page 92)
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“Viewing Grouped Nodes” (page 92)
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“Using xperf and xcxperf” (page 94)
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“Starting xperf and xcxperf” (page 94)
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“Viewing xperf and xcxperf Displays” (page 95)
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“Viewing Itanium xperf (Enhanced) Statistics” (page 96)
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“Viewing AMD Opteron xperf (Enhanced) Statistics” (page 98)
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“Viewing xcxperf (Generic) Statistics” (page 101)
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“Displaying Color Legends and Creating Tear-Away Legends” (page 104)
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“Hiding or Showing Graphs” (page 104)
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“Showing I/O Bandwidth or Utilization Rates” (page 104)
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“Showing Cycles Per Instruction or Instructions Per Cycle” (page 104)
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“Modifying Graph Colors and Line Widths” (page 104)
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“Using xperf (Enhanced) Menu Options” (page 104)
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“Using xcxperf (Generic) Menu Options” (page 105)
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“Starting an HPCPI Label from xperf” (page 106)
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“Viewing Generic Data with xclus or xperf” (page 109)
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“Viewing Enhanced Data with xcxclus or xcxperf” (page 110)
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