XPOSE: a simulator for network development

Author

Zukowski, Deborra ; Gupta, Manish ; Gopal, Madan ; Budhiraja, Navin

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

fYear

1994

Firstpage

59

Lastpage

69

Abstract

XPOSE is a network simulator developed at IBM that combines the strengths of architecture-oriented simulators and hardware/software co-simulators. It provides a platform to develop and debug operational and system test software prior to delivery of actual hardware. XPOSE can also be used to assist hardware designers in verifying VHDL functional models for architectural correctness. The XPOSE design is described and examples are given from operational experience related to plaNET/ORBIT gigabit network development efforts. These examples highlight the ease-of-use, modularity, dynamic configurability and selective granularity of simulation provided by XPOSE

Keywords

computer debugging; computer networks; digital simulation; fault tolerant computing; formal verification; network operating systems; performance evaluation; program debugging; reliability; specification languages; virtual machines; IBM; VHDL functional model verification; XPOSE; architectural correctness; architecture-oriented simulators; dynamic configurability; hardware designers; hardware/software co-simulators; network development simulator; plaNET/ORBIT gigabit network development; selective granularity; system test software; Communication networks; Computational modeling; Hardware; Packet switching; Planetary orbits; Planets; Programming; Software debugging; Software tools; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Symposium, 1994., 27th Annual

Conference_Location

La Jolla, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5620-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIMSYM.1994.283112

Filename

283112