Protocol Solutions Group
Expert Protocol Analysis Systems
for Storage Applications
PROTOCOLS SUPPORTED
LeCroy's premier protocol analysis solutions feature
impressive capabilities:
· Monitor bus activity, diagnose operational and design problems,
and confirm interoperability
· Support for Storage protocols
· Variety of configurations for large range of applications
· Functionality to assist design and test engineers and technicians
through each phase of their product lifecycle
· Powerful software that may be used directly with the equipment or
independently as a viewer and analysis tool on almost any PC*
· Flexible platforms that offer future functionality via field upgrades
Powerful Triggering and Filtering
Tooltips and Metrics
The most important function of a protocol ana-
The trace displays give you easy access to addi-
Integrated Analyzers and
Exercisers
lyzer is to capture the bus traffic that is of the
tional detailed information as needed, simply by
Our advanced applications allow you to capture
most interest. Tracer software and hardware
rolling your cursor over the item in question.
traces and turn them into exerciser scripts. This
supplies this capability. The software interface
These Tooltips may include information about
gives you the ability to record, modify and play
allows you to easily access this power. The
particular fields, protocol specifications, values
back real activity, allowing you to easily recreate
depth of these features varies appropriately with
captured, 10b codes, and more. For the
actual bus traffic and saving you time in setting
the complexity of the specific protocol.
Storage protocols, the CATC Trace display gives
up trainer operations.
you valuable traffic metrics such as the number
Traffic Reports and Summaries
of frames in a sequence or the throughput and
Tracer software provides powerful reports on the
latency of a command, all at your fingertips.
traffic you capture. Not only will you see the
Configuration Options
LeCroy products deliver a wide array of test and
Display Options
number of occurrences of certain events, such
Search
measurement applications, with capabilities
LeCroy's Tracer expert analysis software gives
as packet types, primitives, errors and interac-
The advanced search features in the Tracer soft-
ranging from economical single-purpose instru-
you a variety of powerful tools for reviewing bus
tions between participants on the bus, but also
ware helps you find what you want quickly. As
ments to modular systems that can analyze
traffic. For each respective protocol, Tracer soft-
you can use these reports interactively. The
you utilize the search features, the dialog will
multiple links of high-speed serial traffic. The
ware provides the appropriate set of display
numbers in these traffic summaries hyperlink
tell you whether such an item is within the trace
product line includes tracer analyzers, trainer
capabilities. These options include the CATC
back to the trace displays allowing you to see
even before you begin the search. Using the
exercisers, and integrated tracer/trainer sys-
Trace™ hierarchical display as well as the
the context of the reported items. "Next" and
Find dialog, you can chose your selection crite-
tems, some with a variety of bus probing
chronologically-based Link Tracker™ and Frame
"Previous" buttons allow you to easily skip
ria and create a new trace file that represents
options and port counts. Our modular systems
Tracker™ displays. Using colors, symbolic repre-
through the trace to each instance of specific
only the data you seek. These simple features
allow you to add-on
sentations and textual data, these displays turn
events.
save you time and allow you to quickly see what
capabilities as needed.
complex raw traffic across multiple links into
understandable information viewable at multiple
levels of detail.
*Minimum PC requirements include an Intel Pentium® processor-based platform with
Microsoft Windows© 2000 or greater.
is in your trace.
SAS Protocol Analyzers and Exercisers
The CATC Trace Display
logically groups all transactions that are part of a
SCSI operation
Colors and graphics are
used to represent SCSI
operations, transactions
and frames
The Frame Tracker
display gives a
high-level view of
primitives and
frames across multiple links
LeCroy's analyzers and exercisers for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) delivers the power, flexibility and
features you need. Built on the CATC™ 10K Platform, the SASTracer™ analyzer and SASTracer/Trainer™
system support SAS and SATA traffic in 1.5 and 3.0 Gbps speeds. The SASTracer analyzer offers a variety of trace displays, including the Frame Tracker display that shows a high-level view of traffic across
lanes. It can spool traffic recording sessions to disk to give users the ability to analyze operations
over long time periods. It may also be used in multi-protocol environments to capture and analyze traffic in conjunction with SATA and Fibre Channel analysis products from LeCroy.
May be scrolled
independently or
synchronized with
other displays
SASTracer Protocol Analyzer
The SASTracer analyzer combines non-intrusive, multi-port recording with an intu-
Displays an absolute
time stamp for each
event. Where appropriate, a relative time
delta is calculated
and shown.
itive display of bus traffic. Multiple SASTracer systems can be cascaded together to
provide a time-synchronized display of traffic across 8 or 16 links. SASTracer analyzer has 4 sets of connectors that can capture and display traffic from either 2- or
4-wide port configurations or from up to 8 points along a complex topology.
SASTracer/Trainer Protocol Analyzer and Exerciser
When configured with the SASTrainer™ exerciser option, the SASTracer can transmit a single link of 1.5 or 3 Gbps traffic while providing 1 or 2 recording channels. The SASTracer/Trainer system also offers full Serial ATA-II (SATA-II) support, allowing this all-in-one test platform to seamlessly address
both SAS and SATA debug challenges. Anything
recorded with the analyzer can be converted to a
script in seconds and played back using the
SASTrainer exerciser module. The SASTrainer
exerciser offers the ability to branch conditionally
in the script based upon incoming bus traffic
and allows for error insertion.
May be scrolled
independently or
synchronized with
other displays
The Link Tracker display
shows all DWORDs on all
channels synchronized to a
common clock
Tooltips decode SCSI-specific
payload information
Simplify analysis of state
transitions by viewing traffic across multiple links
Fibre Channel Protocol Analyzers
SATA Protocol Analyzers and Exercisers
LeCroy's family of Serial ATA (SATA) protocol analyzers and exercisers include the SATracer™ 3G analyzer, the SATracer/Trainer™ 3G system, and 1.5 Gbps products. The SATracer 3G analyzer has the same
features as its SAS 3G counterpart and uses the same hardware modules. The SATracer analyzer may
be configured to capture traffic in multi-protocol environments with SAS and Fibre Channel analyzers.
The FCTracer™ family supports 4, 2, and 1 Gbps speeds. The FCTracer triggering system offers two
independent sequencers that can track two unrelated series of events in parallel, with up to 256 levels
of trigger logic and up to six "events" per level. LeCroy’s FCTracer analyzer may be used in multi-protocol environments to capture and analyze traffic in conjunction with SAS and SATA analysis products
from LeCroy. LeCroy's Verification Script Engine (VSE) for Fibre Channel allows users to create scripts
that automate analysis tasks by performing precise calculations on captured traffic.
SATracer 3G Protocol Analyzer
The SATracer analyzer offers real-time hardware triggering on multiple levels of the SATA protocol including out-of-band signals, errors,
primitives, FIS, and ATA commands. Filtering strategies can extend
SATracer's 2 GB recording capacity and with "spool-to-disk" recording, the analyzer can capture time-stamped trace data for I/O oper-
FCTracer 4G Protocol Analyzer
The FCTracer 4G system is LeCroy's next-generation Fibre Channel protocol analyzer
supporting all transfer rates. The FCTracer 4G analyzer is a hardware plug-in module for the CATC 10K platform. Users can cascade together up to 4 FCTracer ana-
ations that occur over long periods of time. Available with 1, 2 or 4
recording channels, the SATracer 3G analyzer can also be cascaded
with multiple LeCroy systems to provide a synchronized display of
SATA traffic across 8 or 16 links.
lyzers to display traffic synchronized to a single clock reference (up to 16 links).
FCTracer 2G Protocol Analyzer
SATracer/Trainer 3G Protocol Analyzer and Exerciser
The FCTracer 2G analyzer is a powerful, portable, test and debug platform support-
The SATracer analyzer may be configured with the powerful SATrainer™ SATA
ing 1 and 2 Gbps Fibre Channel transfer rates, up to 8 ports per analyzer and up
bus exerciser. Captured SATA traffic from the analyzer may be quickly converted
to 32 channels of analysis when cascaded. The product combines non-intrusive
to exerciser scripts so users can recreate a series of events. The SATrainer exer-
capture of bus traffic with the CATC Trace expert analysis software.
ciser allows error insertion and the ability to branch conditionally in the script
based upon incoming bus traffic.
SATracer and SATracer/Trainer 1.5G Protocol Analyzer
and Exerciser
Versions of the SATracer analyzer and SATracer/Trainer system are also available for the 1.5 Gbps speed and are based on the CATC 2500H platform.
SCSI Protocol Analyzers
LeCroy offers a line of SCSI bus analyzers for protocol analysis and verification. These analyzers provide fast, efficient and accurate debug, test and verification of Ultra2 LVD SCSI and Ultra160 SCSI
semiconductors, devices, and systems, with some support for Ultra320.
Verisys SV-8320™ Ultra160 SCSI Analyzer
Verisys SV-8320 is a SCSI bus analysis system that supports Ultra160 analysis and has limited
support for Ultra320 packetized protocol. Offering a unique combination of power and portability,
the SV-8320 is the ideal solution for SCSI test and verification.
Verisys SV-4080™ Ultra2 LVD
Verisys SV-4080 sets the standard for Ultra2 LVD SCSI analysis when developing device drivers
and firmware for SCSI subsystems and host bus adapters to ensure compliance with the Ultra2
specification.
Infiniband Protocol Analyzers
LeCroy's InfiniBand protocol analyzers dramatically shortens engineering development cycles and
reduces the costs of developing InfiniBand-based semiconductors, switches, routers, and software. The
InfiniBand line includes the IBTracer™ 4X InfiniBand protocol analyzer and the IBTracer.
IBTracer 4X Protocol Analyzer
IBTracer 4X, the world's first 4X analyzer for the InfiniBand architecture, supports four 2.5 Gbps InfiniBand lanes. The analyzer also
offers support for 1X.
IBTracer Protocol Analyzer
IBTracer is designed for analysis of InfiniBand 1X traffic.
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