Intel® VTune™ Profiler User Guide

User Guide

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Analysis System Options

Specify a system targeted for performance analysis in the
Configure Analysis
 window.
Prerequisites:
Make sure to prepare your target system for analysis.
To access the system configuration options:
  1. Open the
    Configure Analysis
     window.
  2. Choose a target system in the
    WHERE
     pane.
    If you select the
    Local Host
    option, no system specific configuration is required. Other systems types need additional configuration.

Remote Linux* Options

When you select the
Remote Linux (SSH)
 system on the WHERE pane, the
VTune
Profiler
 provides the following configuration options:
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SSH destination
 field
Specify a username, hostname, and port (if required) for your remote Linux machine as
username@hostname[:port]
.
Make sure an SSH password-less connection is established in advance.
VTune
Profiler
 installation directory on the remote system
 field
Specify a path to the
VTune
Profiler
 on the remote system.
  • If
    VTune
    Profiler
     is not installed on the remote system, the collectors are automatically copied over, installed in the default location (
    /tmp
    ), and the path is supplied.
  • If
    VTune
    Profiler
     is already installed in a location other than
    /tmp
    , add the location here.
Temporary directory on the remote system
 field
Specify a path to the
/tmp
 directory on the remote system where performance results are temporarily stored.
Deploy
 button
Deploy the collector package to the target system if the package is not found on the target system.

Android* Options

When you select the
Android Device (ADB)
 system on the
WHERE
 pane, the
VTune
Profiler
 displays the
ADB destination
 menu and prompts you to specify an Android device for analysis. When the ADB connection is set up, the
VTune
Profiler
 automatically detects available devices and displays them in the menu.

Arbitrary Host Options

When you select the
Arbitrary Host (not connected)
 system on the
WHERE
 pane, the
VTune
Profiler
 prompts you to specify the following data for the system targeted for the analysis but currently not accessible:
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To Do This
Hardware platform
 field
Select a hardware platform for analysis from the drop-down menu, for example: Intel® processor code named Anniedale.
Operating system
 field
Specify either Windows* or GNU*/Linux* operating system.

What's Next

In the
WHAT
 pane, select an analysis target for the specified analysis system.
You can launch an analysis only for targets accessible from the current host. For an
arbitrary
 target, you can only generate a command line configuration, save it to the buffer and later launch it on the intended host.

Product and Performance Information

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Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex.