Patent ID: 7027971

Claim:
A computer implemented method for disabling monitoring of an instrumentation event in a hardware description language (HDL) model of a circuit design within a batch simulation farm, said batch simulation farm including an instrumentation server communicatively coupled to a simulation client, said method comprising: simulation testing the HDL model using a simulation client within said simulation batch farm, said simulation testing including: utilizing an instrumentation entity to detect instrumentation events; and delivering signals from the instrumentation entity to an instrumentation logic block indicating detected occurrences of the instrumentation events during simulation of said circuit design; assembling an instrumentation event disable list within said instrumentation server, wherein said instrumentation event disable list lists instrumentation events to be disabled within said HDL model; and prior to simulating said HDL model within said simulation client: retrieving said instrumentation event disable list from said instrumentation server; and disabling monitoring of instrumentation events specified by said instrumentation event disable list.