Teledyne LeCroy Sierra M6-1 SAS_SATA Protocol Analyzer User Manual - Manual (Page 15)

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Chapter 1
Introduction
This manual describes installation and operation of the Teledyne LeCroy Sierra M6‐1™
Protocol Analyzer and includes examples of typical applications.
Figure 1.1: Teledyne LeCroy Sierra M6-1 Protocol Analyzer
1.1 Analyzer Overview
The Sierra M6‐1 SAS/SATA Protocol Analyzer is a portable single‐port system that can
function as a protocol analyzer or as an error injector. The SAS analyzer software performs
serial bus analysis for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) data transfers, as well as Serial ATA (SATA)
data transfers through STP data transfers. The SATA analyzer software performs serial bus
analysis for Serial ATA (SATA) data transfers.
The Analyzer can operate at 1.5, 3, or 6 Gb/s data rates and has 2 GB or 4 GB of recording
memory.
The Analyzer supports capture, triggering, and filtering of Serial Attached SCSI packets or
Serial ATA packets. The Analyzer provides for bi‐directional trigger and capture of
commands, primitives, patterns and all bus conditions. The analyzer allows you to select
frames to include and exclude for capture. Capturing can be triggered based on a specific
event or manually.
The Analyzer has a USB port and a GbE (Gigabit Ethernet) port to connect to a host
machine, which serves as the host for analysis or error injection software. The versatile
GbE port can be used for either local or remote network connectivity.