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Overview of Generation and Global Settings Files

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Figure 5.12: Sierra Trainer Generator File

5.5.5

Layout

The .ssg file has several colored bars that represent global settings. The bars show the
current configuration of the generation file. Example settings are:

Configuration

GenMode (SAS or SATA, SSC On or Off)

Link speed (1.5 Gbps, 3.0 Gbps, or 6.0 Gbps)

Type of device (Initiator or Device)

COMINIT

COMWAKE

Scrambling Mode

As changes are made and saved to the traffic generation file, the bars immediately
update. The traffic pattern to generate appears below the bars as a series of frames. You
can edit the traffic generation file to add, edit or remove frames.

5.6

Overview of Generation and Global Settings Files

Example .ssg files and Include files are in two directories called \Samples and \Include
that are typically installed in: C:\Program Files\LeCroy\SAS/SATA Protocol 
Suite\Generation
.

5.6.1

Traffic Generation (*.ssg) Files

The .ssg traffic generation files are text files consisting of include statements, a
generation block, and optionally global statements.