Common Options

Below is a list of the most common options used when starting Simics. All possible startup options are listed in the Simics Reference Manual.

-c file: Reads a specified configuration file. This is equivalent to running the command read-configuration file after starting Simics.
-central <addr[:port]>|:<file>: Connects to an existing Simics instance with a Simics Central server running. This option takes an IP address and an optional port number (the default is 1909), or a Unix domain socket (a file name). If no port number is supplied, and the local host's address is supplied, Simics will try to connect to the default Unix domain socket.
-h: Prints a list of the possible startup flags along with a short description.
-v: Print the Simics version number.