Teledyne LeCroy Sierra M6-4 SAS_SATA Protocol Analyzer User Manual - Manual (Page 41)

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Protocol Analyzer Initiator Emulator or Host Emulator Teledyne LeCroy
On the Capture tab, select to capture Everything or Pattern. For Pattern, select a Pattern.
You can exclude patterns and frames. You can use different patterns for pre‐trigger and
post‐trigger.
On the Trigger tab, select the trigger type. For Pattern, select the pattern.
On the Settings tab, select trigger position and memory use.
Change the Analyzer settings if necessary. Change the port Speed if necessary.
Use Advanced Mode only after you become familiar with the hardware and software and
have special needs.
1.19 Protocol Analyzer Initiator Emulator or Host Emulator
To use the software for protocol analysis to generate host traffic, first select File > New >
SAS Protocol Analyzer Initiator Emulator or SATA Protocol Analyzer Host Emulator for a
new project or File > Open an existing Pattern Generator file: .spg for a single‐role file
(see
“Emulation” on page 124 ).
In Easy Mode, on the Initiator Emulator or Host Emulator tab, insert instances of ATA,
SCSI, TASK, SMP, Frame, or Event. Select the type of each from the drop‐down lists. You
can also loop, go to, wait, delay, if...then, and stop.
In Easy Mode, on the Capture tab, select to capture Everything or Pattern. For Pattern,
select a Pattern. You can exclude patterns and frames. You can use different patterns for
pre‐trigger and post‐trigger.
In Easy Mode, on the Trigger tab, select the trigger type. For Pattern, select the pattern.
In Easy Mode, on the Initiator Setting or Host Setting tab, select the port and speed.
Select to run the Pattern Generator or Initiator Emulator or Host Emulator.
In Easy Mode, on the Settings tab, select trigger position and memory use. Also change
the Analyzer settings if necessary. Specify addresses, stops, times, and sizes, if necessary.
Use Advanced Mode only after you become familiar with the hardware and software and
have special needs.
1.20 Performance Analyzer
To do a Performance Analysis, select File > New > SAS Performance Analyzer for SAS or
File > New > SATA Performance Analyzer for SATA. Choose settings in the Performance
Analysis dialog. Click Run Hardware (see
“Performance Analysis” on page 173 .)
1.21 Target Emulator or Device Emulator
To use the software as a target or device emulator, first select File > New > SAS Target
Emulator or SATA Device Emulator for a new project or File > Open an existing Emulator
file: .std Target Emulator file or .sde Device Emulator file (see
“Target and Device
Emulation” on page 178 ). You can also use Project Setup > Last Target Emulator or Last
Device Emulator.
In the Pages tab, change settings for the supported pages if necessary.