Teledyne LeCroy Sierra M6-2 SAS_SATA Protocol Analyzer User Manual User Manual
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Sierra M6‐2 SAS/SATA Protocol Analyzer User Manual
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Chapter 1
Introduction
This manual describes installation and operation of the Teledyne LeCroy
Sierra M6‐2™ Protocol Analyzer and includes examples of typical applications.
Figure 1.1: Teledyne LeCroy Sierra M6-2 Protocol Analyzer
1.1 Analyzer
Overview
The Sierra M6‐2 SAS/SATA Protocol Analyzer is a serial bus analyzer, supports host and
device emulation, generates traffic, and provides error injection functionality. 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 Sierra M6‐2 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
Generation of bus traffic as a SAS Initiator Emulator or a SATA Host Emulator,
while monitoring and analyzing results
SAS target emulation and SATA device emulation
Running a Pattern Generator
TX Vout on transmitters for test and characterization
CATC API