Teledyne LeCroy SAS Suite User Manual User Manual

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User Manual Version 6.26

For Software Version 6.26

September 2009

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LeCroy SASSuite

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User Manual

for Avalanche

TM

, SASTracer

TM

and SASTrainer

TM

Systems

Table of contents

Document Outline

SAS Suite User Manual
Copyright
Contents
Chapter 1: Overview
- General Description
- Avalanche Features
- SASTracer/Trainer Features
Chapter 2: Installation
- System Components
- Analyzer PC Requirements
- Analyzer Hardware Description
  - Avalanche System
  - SASTracer/ Trainer System
- Setting Up the Analyzer
- Connecting SAS/SATA Devices to the Analyzer
  - Avalanche Connectors
  - SASTracer Connectors
- Installing the SASSuite Software
- Making a Recording on the SASTracer Analyzer
- Probe Control Settings
  - Avalanche Systems
  - SASTracer Systems
Chapter 3: Software Overview
- Starting the SASSuite Program
- Opening Sample Traces
- Opening "Older" Trace Files
- Tool Tips
- Trace Tool Tips
- The Menu Bar
- Toolbar
  - Floating the Decode Toolbar
- Pop-Up Menus
- Status Bar
- Navigation Tools
- Adding Comments to the Recording
- Set Marker
- Edit or Clear Marker
- Timing Calculations on Markers
Chapter 4: Avalanche Recording Options
- General Recording Options
- Channel Settings
  - Speed Settings
  - Channel Settings
- Triggering/Filtering
  - Building Filters
- Global Rules And Sequences
- Recording Options - Channels
  - Where Custom Channel Names Appear
- Saving and Loading Recording Options
Chapter 5: SASTracer Recording Options
- General Recording Options
  - Recording Type
  - Options
  - Recording Scope
- Channel Settings
  - Speed Settings
  - Channel Settings
- Recording Rules
- Recording Rules Toolbar
- Recording Rules Page - How it Works
  - Selecting Events
  - Selecting a Channel on an Event Button
- Assigning an Action
  - Dragging a Button to the Global State Cell or Sequence Cell
- Types of Pop-up Menus
  - Global State Cell and Sequence Cell Pop-up Menus
  - Event Pop-up Menu
  - Action Pop-up Menu
- New Events Menu
- Types of Properties Dialog Boxes
  - Properties Dialog Box - General Features
- Event Properties Dialog Boxes - Descriptions
- Primitives
  - Primitive Categories Properties Dialog
  - Primitives Properties Dialog
- Frames
  - Open Address Frames Properties Dialog
  - Identify Frames Properties Dialog
  - SSP Frames Properties Dialog
  - SMP Frames Properties Dialog
- SCSI Commands
  - SCSI Primary Command Set Properties Dialog
  - SCSI Block Command Set Properties Dialog
  - Media Changer Command Set Properties Dialog
  - Stream Command Set Properties Dialog
  - SSP Information Unit: Response IU
- SATA FIS
- ATA Commands
  - ATA Commands Properties Dialog
- ATAPI Commands
  - ATAPI Command Properties Dialog
- Bus Conditions and OOB Signals
  - Bus Conditions and OOB Signals
- Errors
  - Errors Properties Dialog
- Breakout Board Data
  - Breakout Board Data Properties Dialog
- State Properties Dialog
  - Timer Properties Dialog
- Actions Tab in the Properties Dialog
- Assigning Actions
- Setting Conditions: The Role of the Global State Cell
  - Filter In and Filter Out
  - Filter In or Out Everything
  - Counting Events
- Creating Event Sequences
  - States
  - How to Create an Event Sequence
  - Using a Timer
- Recording Options - Channels
  - Where Custom Channel Names Appear
Chapter 6: Display Options
- General Display Options
- Setting Color, Formatting, and Hiding Options
- Level Hiding Options
- Display Options - Headers
- Saving Display Options
Chapter 7: Reading a Recording
- Recording View Features
- Frame, Transport, SCSI, and Management Views
- STP Decoding
  - STP and SATA Traffic Over Hosts and Expanders
- View Raw Bits
  - Running Disparity
- Expanding and Collapsing Fields
  - SAS Zoning
  - Expanding a Data Payload
- View Data Block Window
  - Description of View Data Block Window
- Incomplete Frames Handling and Display
  - Split Frames
- Compact View
- Export Options
Chapter 8: Searching Recordings
- Go to Trigger
- Go to Event ...
- Go to Marker
- Go To
- Find
Chapter 9: External Interface for Trigger In /Out
- BNC/SMA External In / Out
- Breakout Board Trigger In / Out
- Pin-Outs for the Data In/Out Connector
  - Prototype Rework Area
- Configuring Input Signaling through the Breakout Board
  - Triggering an Avalanche System
  - Triggering a SASTracer System
Chapter 10: Reports
- File Information
- Traffic Summary
- Error Summary
- Timing Calculations
- Bus Utilization
- Link Tracker Window
- Frame Tracker Window
Chapter 11: Networking
- Working with Multiple Analyzers
- Hardware Setup for Direct USB Connections
- Setup for Cascaded Multiple Analyzer Use
  - Using Multiple SASTracer Analyzers
  - Using Multiple Avalanche Analyzers
- Set Up for Remote Access over an IP LAN
- Configuring the Connection
- Merging Traces
- Network Chat
Chapter 12: Traffic Generation with SASTrainer
- SAS/SATA Exerciser Hardware
- Setting Up SAS/SATA Exerciser for Initiator Emulation
- Setting Up SAS/SATA Exerciser for Target Emulation
- Generating Traffic
  - Creating a Traffic Generation File with SASSuite
- Opening a Traffic Generation File
  - Layout
- Starting the Script Editor
- Overview of Generation and Global Settings Files
  - Traffic Generation (*.ssg) Files
  - Settings.inc File
- Primitive and Frame Definitions
- Working with Generation Files
- Generating Traffic
  - Stop Traffic Generation
  - Resume Traffic Generation
Chapter 13: SASTrainer Generation Language
- File Structure
  - Declarations
  - Generation blocks
- Language
- Generation Block
- Definitions
- SASTrainer Generation Commands
- Setting Complex "Wait For" Conditions
  - Setting Conditions with the Generation Options Dialog
Chapter 14: SASTracker Systems
- Product Configurations
- Theory of Operation
- Installing the SASTracker Command Analyzer
  - Changing the BusEngine
- Preparing to Track a Command Sequence
- Viewing Command Log Files
- Command Log File Reports
- Exporting Command Log Files
  - Working with Exported Data Files
  - Creating a Histogram using Microsoft Excel
Chapter 15: Updates and Licensing
- Software, Firmware and BusEngine Versions
- Software Updates
- Automatic BusEngine and Firmware Updates
- License Information
- Updating the Software License
- Check for Updates
- Register Product Information
- Limited Hardware Warranty
Appendix A: Specifications
- Avalanche Systems
- SASTracer/Trainer Systems
- Miscellaneous Information
Index