Teledyne LeCroy Sierra M6-2 SAS_SATA Protocol Analyzer User Manual - Manual (Page 233)

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ATA Command Report
To display the ATA Command Report, click the ATA Command tab (see Figure 3.31 on
page 231 .) The ATA Command Report displays information in the following columns:
 Command: All, Custom, Check Power Mode, Execute Device Diagnostic,
Flush Cache, Identify Device, Read DMA Ext, Read FPDMA Queue, Set Feature,
Write DMA Ext, Write FPDMA Queue
 PM Port
 Direction: All, H‐>D, D‐>H, I‐>T, T‐>I, or Custom
 Number of FIS: All, Custom, or a number
 Payload Size: All, Custom, or a number of DWORDs
 Status: All, Custom, Incomplete, Normal Output
 Timeout: such as All, Custom, N/A, Yes and No (see “Time out of ATA Command
Report” on page 231 )
 Duration: All, Custom, or time unit
 Count: All, Custom, or a number of occurrences
 %: of total count
Figure 3.31: SATA: ATA Command Report
Time out of ATA Command Report
The Time out shows the NCQ time out. It is applicable for only NCQ commands. A
threshold can be set in the "NCQ commands Timeout Threshold", the default value is
1000 sec (the user can change it to any value). The statistical report provides a "Time
out" report based on this threshold. Any NCQ command that takes more than the given
threshold is flagged as "yes", which means that a timeout occurred for that command.
ATAPI Report
To display the ATAPI Report, click the ATAPI tab. The ATAPI Report displays information in
the following columns (see the following screen capture):
 Command: All, Custom, Inquiry, Mode Sense 10, Read10, Request Sense
 Direction: All, H‐>D, D‐>H, or Custom
 Number of FIS or Number of Transport: All, Custom, or a number
 Payload Size: All, Custom, or a number of DWORDs
 Status: All, Custom, Check Condition, Good
 Duration: All, Custom, or time unit (accumulative)
 Count: All, Custom, or a number of occurrences
 %: of total count