--------------------------------------------------- Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector for Linux* OS README --------------------------------------------------- ------------ Introduction ------------ The Intel(R) Trace Collector is a low-overhead tracing library that performs event-based tracing in applications. You can analyze the collected trace data for performance hotspots and bottlenecks. The product is completely thread safe and integrates with C/C++, FORTRAN and multi-threaded processes with and without MPI. It supports binary instrumentation and fail-safe mode. Additionally it can check for MPI programming and system errors. The Intel(R) Trace Analyzer provides a convenient way to monitor application activities gathered by the Intel(R) Trace Collector through graphical displays. You can view the desired level of detail, quickly identify performance hotspots and bottlenecks, and analyze their causes. Bundled together, the Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector provide optimized analysis and visualization capabilities. Together they offer fast graphical rendering of complex profiling data and they easily scale up to hundreds of processes. Intel(R) Trace Analyzer is available on Linux* OS, Microsoft* Windows* OS and OS X*. Intel(R) Trace Collector is available on Linux* OS and Microsoft* Windows* OS. For information on Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector installation, see instructions in the Installation section of the release notes, located at /doc/Release_Notes.txt or read the /INSTALL.htm guide. By default, the is: /opt/intel/itac/. ------------------- Product Directories ------------------- The following directory map indicates the default structure of the installed files and identifies the contents of the main sub-directories. +-- opt | + -- intel | +-- itac | | | +-- . | | | +-- doc (all product documentation files) | | | +-- man (man pages and files associated with this | | product) | | | +-- Files for specific architecture. | | | Where is one of the following: | | | intel64 - the Intel(R) 64 architecture | | | mic - the Intel(R) MIC Architecture | | | | | +-- bin (binaries and executable files) | | | | | +-- include (include and header files) | | | | | +-- lib (libraries and compiler input files) | | | | | +-- slib (shared libraries and a sample) | | | +-- examples (Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector | getting started sample files) | +-- itac_latest (Symbolic link to the latest version of Intel(R) | Trace Analyzer and Collector installed) | +-- itac_2017 (Symbolic link to the latest update of Intel(R) | Trace Analyzer and Collector 2017) | +-- documentation_2017 (Subdirectory for the documentation of Intel(R) | Trace Analyzer and Collector and other | Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE components) | +-- samples_2017 (Subdirectory containing samples/tests for Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector and other Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE components) ------------------ Launching the Tool ------------------ To launch the Graphical User Interface version of the Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector, enter "traceanalyzer" at the command line: $ /bin/traceanalyzer To launch the command-line version of the Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector, enter "traceanalyzer --cli" at the command-line. For example: $ /bin/traceanalyzer --cli \ /examples/traces/poisson_sendrecv.single.stf ---------------------------- Other Sources of Information ---------------------------- Refer to the following locations for essential information: Release Information Refer to the release notes and license agreements available at /doc/Release_Notes.txt and /itacEULA.txt. Product Documentation An HTML file with links or pointers to all product documentation for the Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector is available after product installation. To view the document, open this file using a browser: /Doc_Index.htm. To view a PDF file with the Intel(R) Trace Analyzer documentation, open this file using Adobe Acrobat Reader*: /doc/ITA_User_and_Reference_Guide.pdf. To view a PDF file with the Intel(R) Trace Collector documentation, open this file using Acrobat Reader: /doc/ITC_User_and_Reference_Guide.pdf. To view a PDF file with the Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector FAQs, open this file using Acrobat Reader: /doc/FAQ.pdf. Getting Started Once installation is complete, you can start using the Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector by following the procedures described in the Intel(R) Trace Analyzer and Collector Getting Started Page (/doc/get_started.htm), together with the sample files provided in the /examples subdirectory. Technical Support Contact Intel technical support primarily through your Intel(R) Premier Customer Support account and the related web site at https://premier.intel.com/ For general support information, refer to http://www.intel.com/software/products/support For additional support information, see the Technical Support section of the product Release Notes. 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