In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a first trace source to generate a plurality of first trace messages and a first local platform description identifier to identify the first trace source; a second trace source to generate a plurality of second trace messages and a second local platform description identifier to identify the second trace source; and a trace aggregator coupled to the first and the second trace sources, the trace aggregator to generate a global platform description identifier for the apparatus and output a trace stream including the global platform destination identifier, the first and second local platform description identifiers, the plurality of first trace messages and the plurality of second trace messages. Other embodiments are described and claimed.