Teledyne LeCroy Sierra M124 User Manual - Manual (Page 17)

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Chapter 1
Introduction
This manual describes installation and operation of the Teledyne LeCroy Sierra M124™
Protocol Analyzer and includes examples of typical applications.
Figure 1.1: Teledyne LeCroy Sierra M124 Protocol Analyzer
1.1 Analyzer Overview
The Sierra M124 SAS/SATA Protocol Analyzer is a serial bus analyzer. The SAS/SATA
Protocol Suite software performs serial bus analysis for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) data
transfers, as well as Serial ATA (SATA) data transfers through STP data transfers and
Serial ATA (SATA) data transfers.
The Sierra M124 Analyzer helps Hardware, Firmware, Design, and Application Engineers
troubleshoot and diagnose SAS and SATA problems within their product. The analyzer
supports the following:
 Capture, triggering, and filtering of Serial Attached SCSI packets or Serial ATA
packets
 CATC API
The analyzer provides for bi‐directional trigger and capture of commands, primitives,
patterns and all bus conditions. You can capture all frames and/or exclude traffic.
The Sierra M124 Analyzer has a USB port and an Ethernet port to connect to a computer.
You can cascade analyzer units for higher port counts. 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 Sierra M124 Analyzer provides a full range of views and statistical reports.