Mentor v8.6_4 manual Environment Setup, Host File Setup

Distributed FlexTest

Environment Setup

Before using Distributed FlexTest, you must ensure that the following environment variables are defined in the shell start-up file (.cshrc or.kshrc) for the master machine.

∙MGLS_LICENSE_FILE - a variable that specifies the location of MGC license information.

∙MGC_HOME - a variable that specifies the location of the FlexTest software.

The rsh or remsh shell is used to spawn the parallel processes. You should be able to spawn a remote shell without requiring a password by setting up the appropriate slave machines in the $HOME/.rhosts file or by setting up the /etc./hosts.equiv file to declare a set of machines to be equivalent. The appropriate shell start-up file (.cshrc or.kshrc) is invoked before the remote process is spawned.

Host File Setup

The additional parameters for the slave machines are specified in a Host File that must be specified at FlexTest invocation.

$MGC_HOME/bin/flextest {{{design_name {{-EDDM [-I {-S root_name}]} -EDIF -TDL -VERILOG -VHDL -GENIE -SPICE}} {-MODEL cell_name}} [-Library filename] [-SENsitive] [-LOG filename] [-Replace] [-NOGui] [-Falcon] [-FaultSIM] [-Top model_name] [-DOFile dofile_name] [-Hostfilehost_filename]} {[-HELP] [-USAGE] [-VERSION]}

You can specify the Host File at invocation by using the -Hostfile option at the shell prompt. You can also specify the Host File in the FlexTest Invocation Arguments dialog box when using the graphical user interface (see Figure 5-2).

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