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Teledyne LeCroy QPHY-SATA User Manual

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To test

a SATA host, connect a SATA cable between the LeCroy Protocol Exerciser “To Initiator” port and

the Protocol Analyzer “Target” port. Then connect a second SATA cable between the Protocol Analyzer
“Initiator” port and the host port under test, as shown in the following figure:

2. On the host PC, load the generation file for the desired test pattern in the SASTracer/Trainer software. The

QPHY-SATA installation places these files in C:\Program Files\LeCroy\XReplay\SATA\SASTracer. There
are multiple GenFiles (*.ssg) available, each corresponding to a SATA test pattern on a host or device, their
names reflect the speed, the pattern, and whether they are for a host or device:

LeCroy1_5G Device BIST HFTP.ssg

– Places a device in BIST-T with HFTP pattern at 1.5Gb/s

LeCroy3G Host BIST LBP.ssg

– Places a host in BIST-T with LBP pattern at 3.0Gb/s