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1. Command A Stat Stat COMMAND 3053us fi 5000625 3 645 ps 5000625 _2723ps We 5000626 3 678 us 5000626 4 495 us E 5000625 4 160 us E 5000625 4173us e 5000625 4353 ps 5000625 3 498 ps 5000625 _4518ps 5000625 3 805 us fi 5000625 Command Compl Time Poset iei COMMAND Prat FIS Type P 13 18 512 067 842 35 856 ms MN 35 870 ms Ox00000SF STP Reg H D D LeCroy Corporation 213 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Command Log File Reports As with trace files collected with SATracer command log files generated by SATracker have access to reporting capabilities within the SATASuite program One of the more useful reports available for SATracker Command Log Files is the Bus Utilization report which in the case of SATracker files will show the following The number of pending commands at all times during the period that the Command Log File was recording This display is useful to determine the outstanding commands that existed at any point in time and to determine times at which the number of pending commands was larger than usual for the system The command duration for all completed commands contained within the command log file shown against the time they occurred within the recorded trace This display highlights commands which were taking unusually long times to complete and by having this data aligned with the pending command data mentioned above
2. Frame Data CRC TimeDelta SATA XMT SATA_EOF ae 2048 bytes DOE OIC 118 920 us 01 00 34 A frame transmitted by SATA initiator is split into three frames Frame FIS Type Port Data TimeDelta Time Stamp titia SART re 6564 bytes 742 500 ns 01 00 346 584157 Frame PE TimeDelta Time amm 198515 EMO Frame Data CRC TimeDelta Time Stamp UN 1632 11632 bytes EYES SATA FOF 570 000 ns 01 00 346 890 990 Frame Spli Split TimeDelta Time Stamp 202336 END 46 5 Frame SATA XMT SATA SOF FIS Type Port Data SRC SATA EOF BIDDER 202378 4 Frame gus m Il TimeDeita Time Stamp 202385 dsl 20250ys 20250ys 01 00 346 925 690 Frame Split FIS Type Port fl Data TimeDelta Time Stamp 203805 M START DAL c 7920 17920 bytes 737 500 ns 01 00 346 945 940 Frame uro TimeDelta Time 203836 ere Frame Data CRC TimeDelta Time Stamp 205472 SM 276 1276 bytes OxDDF3493C SAUL EOL 582 500 ns 01 00 347 252 765 Frame E 1 TimeDelta Time SER 205473 Bids Frame CLOSE NORMAL Sequence TimeDelta Time Stamp 205483 K28 5 D02 0 D30 0 D27 4 307 500 ns 01 00 347 257 540 SATA frames both on Transmitter and Receiver sides are split The frames that are split get assembled together at the Transport level of decoding display For example Transaction STP FIS EE Port Data Time Stamp 1048 0x0 8192 bytes 18192 bytes 01 00 346 584 157 Frame Split FIS Type Port Data TimeDelta 198422 DOME starr id aua
3. 90 Chapter 6 Reading a Recording 91 Recording View Features 91 Frame FIS ATA Command and OOB Views 91 VIEW RAW BIS a draussen a o oo nue 96 Running Disparity 97 Expanding and Collapsing Fields 97 Expanding a Data Payload 98 View Data Block Window 99 Description of View Data Block Window 99 Incomplete Frames Handling and Display 100 SDI PANGS Lie saone Diodes 102 Compact VEW 22 so oet dte d Ste m Oa ER en mn d RE 103 EXPO ODIIONSS 25 ich oa ics ac eS pee DOR del Raum Be a ee qtd 106 Packets to Text Packet View Format 107 Export to Generator File Format 107 Packets to EAS Format 107 Export to CSV Format 107 Chapter 7 Searching Recordings 111 SO tO TTIGOel sou gu ec RR RR EE ete NC pos Red 111 GOTO EVENE Pr T 111 GO TO Marker aam m ache RS S STE RUE RU aU SR aa 112 SOO yc REM ALITCR 113 UNG ut sue deae ues dada dee umo epo d ou be 8 114 Complex Searches 115 Event GTOUDS 2s s stet acr d tdt act io ed PM dte 115 Union Intersection and Exclusion 115 USNO PING S i uen e hae a e he St ea Ree Soe ac Pu ea 116 FANG NEXT CLP 117 pisce euis Ae E atone ee de eae
4. Recording Size e Record for wis 12 Record 20000 HB Until Triggered plus ODavy s 12 34 56 Until Triggered plus 120000 MB Options Name Trace Filename amp Path 1 Defaut C Program FilesXC data sas Browse Use the Recording Rules tab to specify Filtering and or Triggering conditions Save Save As Defaut Load Step 4 Click 9 on the Tool Bar After 16 MBytes of traffic is recorded the SATracer Analyzer uploads the data and displays the Frames Stopping a You can stop the recording process at any time by pressing Afterwards the trace Recording will automatically upload from the analyzer to the PC 16 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Interrupting You can interrupt the upload process by pressing the Stop button Pressing Stop the Upload will cause the following dialog box to open Process Select new upload range within the recorded buffer SS d 0 From 1 3 to 13 3 Total upload 12 0 MB Full buffer f ion Abort Upload 16 0 Sancel Select an option Stop but preserve existing uploaded data Continue as if Abort not initiated Elush data and cancel trace completely o s This dialog presents options for stopping continuing or aborting the recording Select New Upload Range within the Recorded Buffer eSlide Bar Adjust arrows at either en
5. 25 Opening Sample Traces 25 TOOL MDS Se dut Seo Fra aue dO uh do Ratios deret rm 26 Trace Tool MNS x uoi dracones heen heec edes ae HAE ei 26 Pe Meng BAW i a aedi oi ete REA iA Ee 27 TOODA tae D CT ucc 32 PODEUD NES se Pan e eee Cae Oo Seva ARRA 35 SAS Bal sudes aerobic dex a aor od Sea ab HU GU e ca SS Sedes ste dog 36 Recording Progress 36 Recording Status 37 Recording Activity 37 SCAICh StAWS s a2 ta ho Ce at Si nr Sin Ss Ree t 37 Navigation IGOIS x3 tis Shou e Ephes A Wc eee de t es 38 Ve 0 LUN APRES at Se 38 ZOOM OW ao arx ME RSR ae hs ie 38 L EST rut duos ix eru duque ird d grat boi 38 Adding Comments to the Recording 38 Set Marker urs tay taceo ai dH eal ace ec ae E ace e ee a See io 39 Edit or Clear Marker 41 Timing Calculations on Markers 42 iii Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Chapter 4 SATracer Recording Options 43 General Recording Options 44 Recording TYDE auc be fe eric E Donde e RC Sed 44 DIOS exem sibus ete ieee duriter 44 Recording Scope 44 Convention al Single Buffer Recording 45 File Structure for Segmented Files 46 Channel Settings 49 Spe
6. Record for ODay s 12 34 56 C Record 120000 MB Until Triggered plus ODay s 12 34 56 Until Triggered plus 120000 HE m Options Name Trace Filename amp Path C Program Files C data sas Browse Use the Recording Rules tab to specify Filtering and or Triggering conditions Save Save As Defaut Load LeCroy Corporation 43 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual General Recording Options The General page presents options for setting the buffer size recording type and the Trace filename and path Two sets of Recording Type options are presented Recording Scope and Recording Type Recording The Recording Type box presents three options that control how SATASuite begins and Type ends a recording The options are Snapshot Manual Trigger and Event Trigger e Snapshot Fixed length recording A Snapshot is a recording whose size is set via the Buffer Size box Recording begins when the Start Recording button 9 is clicked and ends when either the selected buffer size is filled or the Stop Recording button is pressed e Manual Trigger A recording whose ending is triggered by pressing the Trigger button on the front panel Recording begins when the Record button is pressed on the Tool Bar Recording continues in a circular manner within the limits set by the buffer size Recording ends following depression of the Trigger button on the front panel Once the
7. Options Name Command Log Filename amp Path Default C Program FilessLeCroy S data strk Browse X LeCroy Corporation S ave Save As Default Load Cancel 207 Version 6 25 Tracking Type Misc Options Tracker Archive Memory Size Time Out Triggering Options 208 SATASuite User Manual There are two types of tracking differentiated by the way the recording is terminated as listed below Manual Trigger In this mode recording continues until Stop Tracking is selected in the Tracker menu If the recording memory defined in the Tracker Archive Memory Size selection is exceeded the recording wraps and recording continues overwriting the oldest contents of the recording memory The recording will continue to wrap multiple times if necessary until the manual trigger is pressed or recording is otherwise stopped Timeout Trigger In this mode recording normally continues until one of the commands issued fails to complete within the user defined Trigger Timeout period In this mode recording can also be stopped by using the Stop Tracking selection in the Tracker menu Under Miscellaneous Options there is an option for the SATrackerto provide a beep to alert the user when a trigger occurs Under Tracker Archive Memory Size the user may decide how large a recording file to generate by specifying the maximum file size in MB The maximum value for this setting is r
8. Es Fis A o Frame 1435 Start Start 02 23 506 532 115 B 100 071 ms Frame 1436 _ Start Start 02 23 606 602 987 100 070 ms Frame 1437 otart Start 02 23 706 672 815 965 244 m Frame 1436 P Start Start 02 23 801 917 225 ES 17 500 ns Frame 1438 02 23 801 917 242 Frame 1440 02 23 801 920 107 Frame 1441 12 23 801 925 657 Start Start E 2 865 ps Start Start Start Start A 1 523 us Clicking on the OOB button simplifies this long stream of OOB signals into a higher level summary as follows Fe sam 00 Frame 0 r Start Start ELECTRIC IDLE ON 00 005 266 737 i 0080 00 005 266 770 OOB 1 02 23 801 927 180 Frame 1547 02 23 804 369 717 Start Start A 143 797 sec Target initiated COMRESET Start Start E 243m speed Negotiation Li Start Start A LeCroy Corporation 93 Version 6 25 94 SATASuite User Manual As with other views you can get additional information on the event by holding your mouse over selected fields or you can open any decode level to reveal the components by clicking the small triangle in the upper left corner of the cell FETE Frame 0 00 005 266 737 Y OOB 0 _ otart Start 00 005 266 770 E 143 797 sec OOB 1 otart Start 02 23 801 927 180 ur 2 443 ms Frame 1547 02 23 804 369 717 Frame 1548 Se Se Time elapsed in sec 0 002442807 Opening the decode l
9. Setting Up SATA Exerciser for Initiator Emulation Connect the cable from the SATA Exerciser To Target port to the Target port on the unit under test This STATUS CA vx MODEL SAS001MG SAS SATA Exerciser transmits the Traffic Generator stream En cH from the To Target port on the 4 SATracer Trainer to the target side port on the unit under test TARGET ACTIVE VAITIATOR LeCroy Corporation 153 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Setting Up SATA Exerciser for Target Emulation Connect the cable from the SATA CUUNTSUEIUVUEVUUU UU Exerciser To Initiator port to the RD c PCIE AB TEGERE Initiator side port on the unit under test Mite This transmits the Traffic Generator oes TO TARGET stream from the To Initiator port on the A ES SATracer Trainerto the initiator side port m e on the unit under test TARGET ACTIVE AITIATOR Generating Traffic Creating a Traffic Generation File with SATASuite 154 Generating traffic using SATASuite is a two step process First a text based Traffic Generator file must be created This file can be created through a special conversion command in SATASuite that converts a trace file captured by a SATracer analyzer into a traffic generator file Alternatively you can edit an existing file or write your own This text file is named with an ssg extension Once the file has been created in can be opened and displayed in the SATASuite application You ca
10. k EUER M AL DG i oave Saves your edits and Ga immediately updates the Go to next bookmark setting bars and Frames shown in the trace window View Options Opens a menu fif with three options Enable Go to previous bookmark Outlining Toggle Outlining and Line Numbers See View Options Menu below for descriptions Cut Clear all bookmarks Copy M Find Paste amp Find and Replace Undo 8 Print Redo a Go to Definition Add Remove bookmark Allows markers to be set or removed to aid in navigation i Open File Under Cursor Opens whatever file has been pointed to with the mouse in the script This command works with Include statements LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 File Tabs Error Log LeCroy Corporation View Options Menu The View Options button has a menu with three options Enable Outlining Adds an expandable collapsible tree TA V E pm structure to the left side of the Script Editor showing the ur xb hierarchical relationship of the script lines EE Cuire Show Line Numbers Adds line numbers to the left side of the v Show Line Numbers Script Editor window ka te Teele Show Tooltips Displays tooltips in the editor window Taggle Outlining Toggle Outlining Toggles the outline tree between collapsed and expanded states Pop up Menu Right click anywhere in the script window to open a pop up menu with
11. Field Definition Data Definition Repeat N Idle M RunningDisp ON OFF 174 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Definitions e Chain Definition e Without any parameters the chain is sent once e With Repeat and Idle parameters the chain is sent N times and then nothing is sent idle M times Repeat and Idle are optional e Frame Definition e Without any parameters send the frame based in default values e With RunningDisp ON send the frames based on default values and insert a running disparity error e With parameters overriding or adding to a template frame with or without injection of an overriding or adding to a template frame with or without injection of running disparity error Field You can declare a variable var name as a frame of type frame type Variable Declarations Changing Frame Fields Preprocess or integer arithmetic LeCroy Corporation var name frame type Note Framevariablescanbedeclared re declared andusedmanytimes You can change some fields in a frame variable Change var name field name value The user can declare DWORD variables make arithmetic operations and use them in field and parameters assignments Note Arithmetic expressions are allowed only in numeric variable assignments EXAMPLES Legal Operations X 2 y z 12 SOME DEC DATA 36 8 z 0x1 lt lt 5 s Some Hex Data constant may be used in operations X
12. O STEER SFR KS LITE SIT11363 2006 trite KIPR Pa e ed Do m I bd bd il pe X RRASA EUR EE TEST SR CE a T ET S1T11363 2006 PERLE HIE EEk o EFUP FR RATEI e HATI RS SERA UHR SEEN MIS o Toxic or Hazardous Substances and Elements Hexavalent Polybrominated Polybrominated Chromium Biphenyls Diphenyl Ethers Part Name de C Cr PBB PBDE Sheet Metal Pow er Su 1 Pe ee 9 L 9 3 3 RE AS EE Probes if present O Indicates that this toxic or hazardous substance contained in all of the homogeneous materials for this part is below the limit requirement specified in SJ T11363 2006 X Indicates that this toxic or hazardous substance contained in at least one of the homogenous materials used for this part is above the limit requirement specified in J T11363 2006 EFUP Environmental Friendly Use Period Use Conditions refer to the environmental conditions stated in the specifications section of this Manual LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Index A AC connector 9 Action Pop up Menu 57 Actions Tab 62 70 Adding Comments 38 Address FramesDecl inc 166 Analyzer Network Chat 151 AND Condition 73 Assigning Actions 70 ATA Application Layer 92 ATA Commands 63 66 ATAPI Commands 63 67 AutoAlign 163 Autodetect Link Rate 49 209 Beep When Trigger Occurs 44 BNC Connectors 9 BNC External Trigger 119 Breakout Board 7 9 68 1
13. Time a LAPIS UP LLLI Pate FE Type 27 24 473 661 093 an EN il Hig LL Potr po Tem 2447351 106 Features exp 00 Sector Numexph 01 24473561 113 Control 00 DOD Secte pl Sector Count 00 24 47356 133 m FU J EE 24 473561 145 24 473 567 153 24473961 163 24 473361 186 24473551188 24 473581 213 24 473 561 22 24 473 561 233 24 473 561 253 24 473 561 266 Window Layout The Link Tracker window divides into two areas Toolbar Presents buttons for changing data format Main Display Area Displays traffic chronologically as it occurred in the recording The window divides into columns the first column shows time and traffic is shown on a channel by channel basis in the columns on the right LeCroy Corporation 135 Version 6 25 Link Tracker Buttons The Link Tracker window has a row of buttons for changing the format of the displayed data and for exporting data ia The buttons have the following functions El E LECT Full Screen Ox Synchronize Trace View S Synchronizes the Trace View and Ox Link Tracker windows so that a move in one window repositions the other Because of the differences in scale and logic between the Link Tracker and Trace view windows scrolling produces different effects depending on which window is being scrolled Scrolling in the trace window causes the Link Tracker window to rapidly jump from event to event Long periods of idle tim
14. To display a Tool Tip pause the mouse pointer over an item of interest such as part of the trace or a button EC I Start Recording Ctrl F Trace Tool Tips Many fields within the Trace will display tool tips when the mouse pointer is suspended over them These tips may provide a simple legend for the cell or may give substantial added details about the field TimeDelta Time Stamp to the beginning ofthe next frame ar primitive an the screen 26 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 The Menu Bar While some of the analyzer s main display window options are familiar many contain options specific to the analyzer program Depending on the particular analyzer function in use not all of the options shown here may be displayed Table 1 Main Display Pull Down Menus New GenFile Creates a new and empty traffic generation file To add text click the Edit as Text button on the toolbar Opens a trace file or traffic generation file Close Closes the current trace or Closes the current trace or generation file file a As o all or a specified range of Frames from the current file with a species name Export gt gt Packets to Text Packet View Format Saves all or part of a trace to a text file Useful for saving traces to floppy disk and for emailing to Generator File Format Creates a traffic generation file based on the open trace This is a fast and easy way of creating a t
15. AUTO WAIT SAS BEFORE OPEN ACCEPT FOR OPEN AUTO WAIT SAS BEFORE OPEN _ REJECT FOR OPEN AUTO WAIT SAS BEFORE AIP FOR OPEN AUTO WAIT SAS BEFORE SMP RESP FOR REQ FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR CLOSE command right before each CLOSE primitive When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR CREDIT command right before each SOF primitive When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR Identify Frame command right before each Identify Address Frame When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR Open Frame command right before each OPEN ACCEPT primitive When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR Open Frame command right before each OPEN REJECT primitive When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR Open Frame command right before each primitive of AIP group When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR SMP Request Frame command right before each SMP Response Frame AUTO WAIT SATA AFTER Settings AUTO WAIT SATA AFTER X RDY FOR R RDY AUTO WAIT SATA AFTER WTRM FOR STATUS AUTO WAIT SATA AFTER PMREQ S FOR RESPONSE FALSE FALSE FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR SATA R RDY command immediately after each case of SATA CONT primitive following SATA X RDY primitive When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR SATA R ERR or SATA R OK command immediately after each case of SATA CONT p
16. Running Disparity Error If SATracer detects Running Disparity Errors it will display in red and have exclamation marks before and after the value The 8 bit codes change to 10 bit codes before they get transmitted Running Disparity is a binary parameter with either the value negative or the value positive After receiving any encoded character the receiver shall determine whether the encoded character is valid using the running disparity parameter as a checksum The receiver will then calculate a new value that is either the opposite of the previous character or neutral The ability to view changes in Running Disparity polarity is an important part of the debug process The raw bits view displays the running disparity of the 10bit code in the column following the raw bits Expanding and Collapsing Fields LeCroy Corporation Many of the fields shown in each display may be expanded to display additional detail or collapsed to reduce extraneous information with a single click Fields which allow expansion or collapse are indicated by a small solid white triangle located in the upper left corner of the field as shown below F Start Start mj 145 000 ns gt gt expands to gt gt End Start Start Start Lalit e Er End End 4 z 41 5660 ns 95 000 ns 69 350 ns 55 000 ns As an example if the Transport Layer is selected typically individual frames are collapsed into Transactions as shown in the example b
17. Switch S45Tracer SM 400 to SASTracker Switch S45Tracker SM 600 to SASTracer LeCroy Corporation 19 Version 6 25 20 SATASuite User Manual selecting this option displays the Probe Control Setting dialog Avalanche s Probe Control Setting k Chip S lection Apply To Both Initiator C Target Minisas Port Selection Apply To All Ports Input ISE 0x10 Input State 0x11 Short E Terminate To VOD Mediurn Input LOS 0x12 I I 1 I I 1 I Long e threshald 1 2 Output Pre Long 0x20 Output Pre Short xz1 DUREE Level Level Decay Decay Output Power Ox Output State 0x23 Terminate To vDD v Enable LOS Forwarding Mode I l l l Level j amp pply Cancel Restore Factory Defaults Allowed adjustments include chip selection port selection applying input signal equalization output pre emphasis output power input state input LOS and output state You can Restore Factory Defaults Chip Selection In the Avalanche System the probes can be controlled separately for initiator traffic and for target traffic For separate adjustments first adjust one probe click Apply to apply the settings then select the other probe and make adjustments there Probe Control Settings can be set for Initiator Target or Apply to Both You can select the Target from a list Port Selection Probe Control Settings can be set for P1 P2 P
18. present 0 0000000000 secs If you select Frame a menu of uus decode levels will appear j OF Cancel Select the decode level of interest if it does not appear you may have to press a decode button on the toolbar Then enter an event number in the text box to the right If you select Time a text box will appear prompting you to enter a time value If you select Marker a list of Markers in the trace will appear Select a Marker from the list Step 3 Click OK The trace view is repositioned with the selected item at the top of your screen 111 LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Go to Marker To instruct the Analyzer to display a marked Frame follow these steps Step 1 From the Search menu select Go to Marker Search View Window Help i i30 to Trigger 0 fo Event Go to Marker Frame 0 Trigger an to Frame 365 ul jd Frame 1133 uz Find Mest All Markers Search Direckion Forward DBGOC 108 s000 Step 2 Select the desired Frame from the displayed list The Trace View is repositioned with the selected item at the top of your screen Selecting Search gt Go to Marker gt All Markers will cause a dialog box to open with a list of all markers in the trace The dialog box offers options for editing deleting and copying markers Note The Go to Marker feature functions in conjunction with the Set Marker feature The comments within t
19. y z x y x y amp 0xFF gt gt 5 12 SOF Repeat x Idle y X 175 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Field16 OXEEEE Example of the data payload assignment which uses both integer variables constants hex literals and data patterns Data y y y y a a a a Some Hex Data Some Hex Data 8b8b8b8b ZZzzz PATTERN 3 Repeat 10 Idle y uses integer variable for parameter setting Illegal operations x y 2 SOF Repeat x y 7 illegal use z x y 7 SOF Repeat z instead Loops Loops can be used in two modes 1 Using an integer number loop a specified number of loops This number has to be smaller than 64K 2 Using the word infinite loops for ever 176 Loops loop count Infinite send instructions assignments change values send instructions j EXAMPLE LOOP 50 CHAIN ONE CHAIN TWO Some Frame Y Some Frame Data 256 OXFEFEFEFE Y Change Y Field32 x Y Y LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 SATrainer Generation Commands General Commands Generator will insert n idle dwords into gen stream CLEAR CREDIT AVAIL This commands clears the credit established with the command WF CREDIT AVAIL See WF CREDIT AVAIL in following section on Wait Commands for explanation RD POS Generator will insert one idle dword into gen stream which will bring current RD to positive level RD NEG Generator will insert one idle dword i
20. DDOHGHHOD GHG CCC000 0 0000 00 0 0 0006 6 0000000 OO OOOO OO 0 00000166 6 000060 PF LLL LLL Ged Note The software may be used with or without the analyzer When used without an analyzer the program functions as a viewer to view analyze and print recorded files LeCroy Corporation 15 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Making a Recording on the SATracer Analyzer After installation the software is configured to make a four Mbyte snapshot recording of your Serial ATA traffic To make this recording follow these steps Step 1 Connect a cable to each of the two connectors on the SATracer module then connect the other ends to the Serial ATA device under test and Serial ATA host system Step 2 From the Setup menu select Recording Options Step 3 Select the General tab The following window displays the factory default settings such as Snapshot and 16 MBytes buffer size are displayed For your first recording you can leave these settings unchanged Recording Options i x General Channel Settings Recording Rules Channels Recording Type Options Snapshot Truncate Data Payload Dwords 14 Wu Beep When Trigger Occurs C Event Trigger Recording Scope Conventional Single Buffer Recording Buffer Size Trigger Position 15 000 MB Not used with snapshot Save As Multisegment Trace 10 ME segments 4 128 C Spooled Recording
21. MSB LSB Format 99 Multiple Analyzers 145 Multisegment Toolbar 47 Multisegment Trace 34 46 Navigation Tools 38 Network Chat 151 Networking 145 New Events Menu 59 Non intrusive Tap 11 Normal Swing 24 O OOB Idle Sensitivity 24 Open File 32 Opening Trace Files 26 OR Condition 73 Orphans 203 Out of Band Signals 67 Output Power 21 Output Pre emphasis 21 P Passive Tapping 11 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Pattern Editor 61 62 PC Requirements 7 Pop up Menu 35 54 56 Pop up Menus 50 Power Cord Set 5 Power Requirements 231 Primitive and Frame Definitions 165 Primitives 63 64 Primitives Decl inc 166 Probe Control Setting dialog 20 Probe Control Settings 19 Probing Characteristics 231 Progress Bar 36 Progress Indicator 36 Properties Dialog Box 55 60 Raw 10b Codes 96 Rear Connectors 231 Record Options 32 Recording Activity 37 Recording Data 16 Recording Memory Size 232 Recording Multi Trace Files 150 Recording Options 16 43 81 Recording Progress 36 Recording Rules 50 Recording Rules Page 52 Recording Rules Toolbar 51 Recording Scope 44 Recording Status 37 Recording Type 44 Recording Type Option 45 Remote Access over an IP LAN 147 Remote Analyzers Over an IP Network 149 Repeater Tap 12 Reports 127 Right Mouse Button 35 RS 232 Connector 9 Rule Status Indicator 50 Running Disparity 97 Running Disparity Error 97 S Sample Traces 25 SAS analysis ports 4 SATA connec
22. nu Calculate You can also calculate timing between markers by clicking the left mouse button on the first cell of a Frame in the trace window and selecting Time from Marker from the pop up menu The Timing Calculations dialog will open and prompt you to select a marker Upon selecting a marker from the list the calculation will be performed ww LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 4 SATracer Recording Options The Recording Options dialog box presents options for configuring a trace recording The dialog box has two pages of options General and Speed Selection The General page present general types of options that affect all recordings The Speed Selection page presents options for configuring the traffic speed that will be recorded From the Setup menu select Recording Options Recording Options window appears displaying the General tab Recording Options General Channel Settings Recording Rules Channels LJ r Recording Type Options Snapshot Truncate Data Payload Dwords 14 C Manual Trigger Beep When Trigger Occurs Event Trigger cy C r Recording Scope D efault Conventional Single Buffer Recording m Buffer Size Trigger Position 15 000 MB Not used with snapshot 1 10 Save As Multisegment Trace gx i B segments 4 128 Spooled Recording Recording Size
23. 096 122 185 gt Search Fwd 4 When uploading is complete the index file will be opened Each packet in this file corresponds to one of the numbered segments Double clicking on the packet will open the corresponding segment file Multisegment Toolbar EU When an index file is opened like the one shown above the mta Multisegment Toolbar will display This toolbar lets you navigate the index file Open first segment in multisegment trace Open previous segment in multisegment trace Open index file This button becomes active if a multisegment trace file is open Open next segment in multisegment trace Open last segment in multisegment trace 47 Version 6 25 48 SATASuite User Manual Spooled Recording In a Spooled recording uploading commences when the recording is begun As traffic is uploaded from the analyzer to the host PC the analyzer memory is freed creating space for recording additional traffic Recording can thus continue for long periods of time and create file lengths well in excess of 2 GBs Recording Size With Spooled Recordings you are given the option of setting the recording length based on time or on the recording size Record for Enter the duration of the recording in days hours minutes and seconds Record Enter the amount of traffic in MB that you want the analyzer to record Selecting this option will create a fixed length recording that begins as soon as you
24. 150 Network Chal roast geo Bu aa RR SE RU b VOIR CUNEO t 151 Chapter 11 Traffic Generation with SATrainer 153 SATA Exerciser Hardware 153 Setting Up SATA Exerciser for Initiator Emulation 153 Setting Up SATA Exerciser for Target Emulation 154 Generating Traffic 154 Creating a Traffic Generation File with SATASuite 154 Opening a Traffic Generation File 156 PAY OUI cs i Sahel DPI 156 Starting the Script Editor 157 TOODA 2 24 dbo db ee obs od LA EME ed hed oad 158 iHi T rr CIT 159 EOI OC ad sconti utut ho ers d quo sre nr a 159 Overview of Generation and Global Settings Files 160 Traffic Generation ssg Files 160 Settings M Fles Lu ato a aucem 95s Roa EO doo eR ee n d 161 Primitive and Frame Definitions 165 Special Conditions for Frames 165 Primitives Decl inc 166 Address FramesDecl inc 166 DOE PACS ANG sx esr sie ei ee Ede tenue As 166 SMPFrames inc 166 S TPEEIATIeS d Le peat te ge Te e Dope ct ioci edic d de 166 VI LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Working with Generation Files 167 Generating Traffic 168 Stop Traffic Generat
25. 222 Automatic BusEngine and Firmware Updates 223 Updating the BusEngine 223 Updating the Firmware 223 Automatic Updates 223 License Information 225 Updating the Software License 226 Limited Hardware Warranty 227 Appendix A Specifications 231 Index viii LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 1 Overview LeCroy Corporation LeCroy s Serial ATA SATA Product Line includes the following major products to assist engineers in designing developing and validating SATA based products e The SATracer Protocol Analyzer allows users to record and display all communica tions traffic on SATA links As with all LeCroy analyzers hardware based pre cap ture filtering is supported for efficient memory management Full SATA II analysis support is included for Serial ATA environments 1 5 or 3 Gbps An important option for the SATracer Analyzer is the SATracker Command Analyzer option SATracker monitors commands issued over SATA networks to track all commands measure execution time identify slow commands or commands that fail to com plete and optimize overall system performance The SATrainer Exerciser is a traffic generation system that can initiate SATA traffic emulating either an initiator or target device for testi
26. 6564 bytes 742 500 ns 01 Frame m TimeDelta Time Stamp 198515 E Frame Data CRC TimeDelta 202335 aea lcs 11632 bytes OxDDF3493C SHE RE 570 000 ns 01 Frame TimeDelta Time TE 202336 Transaction STP EE SEIT Port TimeDelta Time Stamp 1057 DMA Activate 0x0 20 435 us 01 00 346 925 505 Transaction STP FIS Type Port Data TimeDelta Time Stamp 1058 Data 0x0 8192 bytes 311 600 us 01 00 346 945 940 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 In the example above although SATA frames both on Transmitter and Receiver sides are split they are assembled together in the Transport Layer transaction The payload that was split into 6564 and 1632 bytes is assembled together in one 8192 bytes buffer Compact View oome traces contain field headers which repeat from line to line frame to frame even if the content of the fields are changing The repeated display of the same header information can occupy space on the screen that would be more useful if presented in a tabular form The compact view provides a means of condensing repeating header information into one line of headers with the data arranged below in spreadsheet fashion Compact view automatically condenses repeating headers but when the next header that is different appears it will be shown as a new header Compact view can be selected in any of the following ways From the View Menu select Compact Use the Ctrl Q
27. BEFORE RIP FOR SATA R IP command right before each SOF SATA SOF primitive AUTO WAIT SATA FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR BEFORE SATA X RDY command right before each R RDY FOR X RDY SATA R RDY primitive 200 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Setting Complex Wait For Conditions Setting Conditions with the Generation Options Dialog LeCroy Corporation The Generation Options dialog lets users define complex Wait For events and assign a letter value A through F to the definition so that you can refer to the definition by letter instead of by textual name Once a letter value has been assigned to an event the letter is referred to in your generation script using the following command syntax Wait For WF REC RESOURCES OUTPUT A where A in this case is the defined condition To set a complex condition open the Generation Options dialog Step 1 Select Generate Generation Options from the menu The Generation Options dialog opens The Generation Options dialog looks very similar to the Recording Rules dialog Generation Options i xj Generation Rules ca now event 5 c amp a e m Save Save As Default Load Cancel Step 2 Click the New Events button and select an event from the menu The selected event should appear in the Available Events area along the left side of the dialog box Step 3 Drag the new event button to the Glob
28. Click OK to run the Setup and begin the installation Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation Read the Readme file for important information on changes in the release LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Automatic BusEngine and Firmware Updates BusEngine and Firmware updates often need to be performed when you update the SATASuite software These updates can be performed automatically or manually Both processes are described Updating The BusEngine core is the heart of the LeCroy SATA Analyzer Using FPGA technology the itincorporates both the high speed recording engine and the configurable building blocks BusEngine that implement data state error detections triggering capture filtering external signal monitoring and event counting and sequencing Both the BusEngine program and the Firmware that manages the internal microcontroller are fully field updateable Within a new software release it may be necessary to update the Analyzer s BusEngine hardware for proper operation The Readme file lets you know if this is necessary Updating Within a new software release it may also be necessary to update the Analyzer s the firmware for proper operation The Readme file informs you if this is necessary Firmware Automatic When the SATASuite software is updated the software may become incompatible with Updates the BusEngine and Firmware If a recording is attempted SATASuite displays an err
29. Marker 2 Time Tr 0065771875 secs Time 8 0030722275 secs E Select the destination folder and enter the destination filename for the exported data Select the layer to export either Transport or ATA Application Layer Indicate whether you would like hidden packets to be included in the exported file or just displayed packets Define the range of events by frames markers or time that you would like in the exported file and click Save The exported file will have a csv extension The first line or record in the csv file will be a header indicating the name of each variable included in the file Each following line or record will contain only data If opening the exported file from within Microsoft Excel in the Open File window under Files of Type select Text Files csv When the file is opened a spreadsheet is shown with a large number of columns each column representing one data type and a number of rows on the trace which was selected for export A typical spreadsheet is shown on the next page Once opened the file can be later saved as any supported Excel file type 108 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 E test trace Eo csv file cs 1 Channel TIransactio speed Protocol Source Po Source SA Destinatiar Close Fram 0 3 SSP Open 50006260 50000000 00000001 EN 1 3 SSP COM L4 T 2 3 SSP NORMAL ES 3 3 SSP OpenT 50000000 50006280 O00002F5 LB ITI 3
30. Opens a menu of events Selecting an event causes an event button to appear in the Available Events area Delete Event Deletes selected event button Undo Undoes last change made to Recording Rules page The undo buffer has unlimited depth Redo Repeats changes undone by the Undo button eis x Zoom In Enlarges the display There are five zoom levels The default level is the middle one If you have a wheel mouse you can also zoom by holding down the Control key and then operating the mouse wheel ga Zoom Out Makes the display appear smaller Show Hide channels When pressed this button tells the Recording Rules dialog to show the channel buttons on the Events icons When unpressed the channels are hidden Show Hide Properties Dialog Shows or hides the Properties dialog of the selected State Event Action Config is valid Config is valid This message displays when the current Recording Rules configuration is valid and can be executed by the hardware This message gets updated every time the Recording Rules configuration changes When the configuration is incorrect the message is replaced by Config is incorrect Config is invalid LeCroy Corporation Config is invalid This message displays when the current Recording Rules configuration exceeds hardware limitations You can click the indicator to get the diagnostics message box to find the problem 51 Version 6 25 SATASuit
31. SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 WF REC RESOURCES Advanced Wait Condition A OUTPUT A This command causes generation to wait for Event A to occur that you defined in the Generation Options dialog described at the end of this chapter WF REC RESOURCES Advanced Wait Condition B OUTPUT B This command causes generation to wait for Event B to occur that you defined in the Generation Options dialog described at the end of this chapter WF REC RESOURCES Advanced Wait Condition C OUTPUT C This command causes generation to wait for Event C to occur that you defined in the Generation Options dialog described at the end of this chapter WF REC RESOURCES Advanced Wait Condition D OUTPUT D This command causes generation to wait for Event D to occur that you defined in the Generation Options dialog described at the end of this chapter WF REC RESOURCES Advanced Wait Condition E OUTPUT E This command causes generation to wait for Event E to occur that you defined in the Generation Options dialog described at the end of this chapter WF REC RESOURCES Advanced Wait Condition F OUTPUT F This command causes generation to wait for Event F to occur that you defined in the Generation Options dialog described at the end of this chapter WF COMRESET COMINIT COMRESET OOB Signals WF COMSAS COMSAS OOB Signals WF COMWAKE COMWAKE OOB Signals WF BLOCK MISC __ reserved RESERVED 0 WF BLOCK MISC __ reserved RESERVED 1 WF BLOCK MISC
32. Scripts scripts Link Tracker Opens a window for displaying a detailed chronological view of bus activity on a Primitive by Primitive basis Frame Tracker Opens a window for displaying a detailed chronological view of traffic on a Frame by Frame basis Go to Trigger Positions the display to show the Trigger event Go to Event Positions the display to the indicated Packet Frame Primitive etc The menu is context sensitive and depends on the decode level that you are currently displaying Go to Marker Positions the display to the selected marked Frame Go to Enables quick searching for specific events using a cascade of pop up windows Allows searches by multiple criteria Find Next Looks for the next instance of an event specified with Goto or Find Search Direction Allows the search direction to be changed from forward to backwards or backwards to forward 29 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Men NN Toolbars Displays list of available Tool bars tt Network Opens a dialog that allows users to conduct chat sessions over Chat Bar an IP LAN In order to send and receive electronic text messages each user must be working with a PC that is on an IP LAN and also attached to an analyzer Decoding Decoding scripts set the values of the display and recording Assignments options for optimum views of trace information from specific vendors or classes of data Decodes and displays the Frame layer
33. configures the products and retrieves and displays recorded data The SATASuite trace viewing software runs on any personal computer using the Windows 98SE Window 2000 Windows ME or Windows XP operating systems and equipped with a functional USB interface LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 LeCroy Corporation SATA Trace Universal Serial Bus Host Connection Interface Windows PC Host Computer AC Power SAS Tracer Module Non Intrusive Taps Under Analysis The SATracer analyzer is capable of on the fly detection of and triggering on such events as Primitives Bus Conditions Data Patterns and Errors Whether recording manually or with a specified trigger condition SATracer continuously records the link data in a wrap around fashion until manually stopped or until the Trigger Event is detected and a specified post Trigger amount of link data is recorded Upon detection of a triggering event the analyzer continues to record data up to a point specified by the user Real time detection of events can be individually enabled or disabled to allow triggering on events as they happen This includes predefined exception or error conditions and a user defined set of trigger events Recorded data is presented as a trace in the trace viewer as rows of color coded graphics Users can then search this trace for errors and other events using advanced search utilities and then hide from the
34. hardware products each a Product within fifteen days of the date of receipt from LeCroy or one of its authorized representatives LeCroy warrants that the Product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three years the Warranty Period You may also complete your registration form via the internet by visiting http www lecroy com support register The Warranty Period commences on the earlier of the date of delivery by LeCroy of a Product to a common carrier for shipment to you or to LeCroy s authorized representative from whom you purchase the Product What this Warranty Does Not Cover This warranty does not cover damage due to external causes including accident damage during shipment after delivery to a common carrier by LeCroy abuse misuse problems with electrical power including power surges and outages servicing not authorized by LeCroy usage or operation not in accordance with Product instructions failure to perform required preventive maintenance software related problems whether or not provided by LeCroy problems caused by use of accessories parts or components not supplied by LeCroy Products that have been modified or altered by someone other than LeCroy Products with missing or altered service tags or serial numbers and Products for which LeCroy has not received payment in full Coverage During Warranty Period During the Warranty Period LeCroy or its authorized representative
35. oequence cell is a faintly marked cell just below the Global State cell The Sequence cell contains the text Drag an event here to add a new sequence Global State active at all times Note Event sequences can only be created in the Sequence cell You cannot create a sequence in the Global State cell Sequences are made up of cells called States A state is a stage within a sequence that specifies what events the analyzer should look for and what actions to apply when the event occurs In the example below the Sequence is composed of two states The maximum number of states a sequence can support is 255 Global State active at all times Sequence 1 State 1 WIl an Sequence 1 State 2 Error TRIGGER p prope prep o pra fre The foregoing example reads Trigger if you see a Primitive followed by an error 75 Version 6 25 How to Create an Event Sequence 76 SATASuite User Manual To create an event sequence you drag event buttons to the Sequence cell link them with the action Advance the Sequence then apply a trigger or other action to the end of the chain The following steps illustrate how to create an event sequence Step 1 Click the New Event button The New Event menu opens Step 2 Select an event type from the menu for example an error A button appears in the Available Events area Step 3 Click the New Event button and select a second event type for example a Primitive At this
36. 75 Event Trigger 44 Exerciser Hardware 153 235 LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 Expand Data 35 Expanding and Collapsing Fields 97 Expanding Data Fields 97 Export 27 Export Options 106 Export Packets to EAS Format 107 Export Packets to Text 107 Export to CSV Format 107 Export to Generator File Format 107 External Connector Module 12 13 23 External Interface for Trigger 119 External Trigger 58 F Features 4 File Information Report 33 Filter 57 73 Find 114 Frame Level view 92 Frame Tracker 33 141 142 Frame View 91 Frames 63 65 Front Panel LEDs 8 G Generating Traffic 154 168 Generation Commands 177 Generation Files 167 Generation Language 169 Global State Cell 50 53 56 72 73 Go to Event 111 Go to Marker 39 112 Go to Trigger 111 Graph Areas Menu 133 Graphs 134 Hardware Description 7 Hardware Warranty 227 Hide Buttons 33 Hierarchy Lines 86 High Swing 24 Host Computer Connector 9 Host PC Requirements 232 Idle Time 137 Incomplete Frames 100 236 SATASuite User Manual Incompletes 203 Infiniband Connectors 8 11 Initiator Emulation 153 Input Signal Equalization 21 Installation 7 Installing Software 15 Internal SATA Connectors 14 Internal SATA style module 23 L LeCroy BusEngine 4 223 LED Descriptions 8 LEDs 232 Left Mouse Button 35 Level Hiding 89 Link Tracker 33 101 135 136 Management View 91 Manual Trigger 8 44 208 Markers 138 Menu Bar 27
37. Actions menu for event in Sequence cell Filter Out Sets or clears the Filter Out action This option precludes the use of Filter In LeCroy Corporation 57 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Restart All Restarts any sequences or counts you may have set on other buttons The example on the right illustrates how the Restart All action works This example reads Look for a sequence of five SSP Frames and then trigger If however an Error occurs any time before the fifth SSP frame has occurred restart the count Global State active at all times zu ESTERI Primitives Primitive Categories Bus Condition D BETETE TRIGGER Count 5 Error RESTART ALL TU ud 2 i E ie LH ud 43 Newevent m FIS Primitive ATA Commands Data Pattern Restart example In this configuration SATracer will restart its search for a sequence of 5 SSP frames if an error is encountered Bus Conditions and OOB Signals Errors Breakout Board Data Timer Sequence 1 State 1 Bus Condition RESTART ALL Li prope pra e prop 1 Prim Category m FE ppp Sequence 1 State 2 NOP mije pra prop fri Sequence 1 State 3 Error TRIGGER Li prope pra p prope prd Second restart example In this configuration SATracer will restart its search for the above sequence of events if a SCSI command is found External Trigger Pulse HIGH Pulse LOW Pulse TOGGL
38. Custom Channel Names in the Trace Custom channel names do not appear right away in the trace the original names continue to display To see the custom channel names click in the first cell of the trace the channel cell and select Format from the pop up menu then select Custom DONE iM K28 5 030 0 Rename Channel CLOSE hk Foma Color Hide The custom names will then appear in the trace Custom FIS Type Port Updt Type Command TimeDelta Time Stamp Reg H D READ DMA EXT 11 464 ms 06 691 742 812 FIS Type Port Updt Type Command TimeDelta Time Stamp Reg HD READ OMAEXT 11 464 ms 06 691 742 812 Channel I2 renamed as Init 2 Custom Channel Names in the Link Tracker Window The Link Tracker window will automatically show custom channel names as soon as they have been customized Link Tracker Frame 0 mpm amp Q ie oy Oe io RD ren ies Paet it _ T1 00 000 000 000 D Init_1 00 000 000 026 Initiator Fort Prato 00 000 000 053 Destination 545 Address 00 000 000 073 Destination 545 Address LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 LeCroy Corporation Custom Channel Names in the Bus Usage Window Custom Channel names automatically appear in the Bus Usage window as soon as they have been customized The easiest way to see this is to open the Bus Usage window and then to open the Properties dialog for the window It will list the custom cha
39. If selected exports Auto Aligns to the traffic generation file From Optional Enter the range of traffic in Frames Markers or Time to be exported The default is to export all traffic in the open trace Step 3 Select the desired options the click Save A Generator file ssg has now been created and can be read with the SATASuite application LeCroy Corporation 155 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Opening a Traffic Generation File Once the Traffic Generation file ssg file has been created you can then open it in the SATASuite application To open a Traffic Generation file Step 1 Select Open under File on the Menu Bar OR Click lag on the Tool Bar Step 2 Select a Generator text file ssg and click Open If needed navigate to the install directory For samples see the install directory The Generator file appears in a Trace view shown below REI File Setup Record Generate Report Search View Tools Window Help lal x l2 8ia8E8g H j z 2222 x Mma Edc O8 eui Es Ta Sol we A d d 0 29 6 0 2 an J amp f sst GEN MODE SATA Host SSC is ON CONFIGURATION AutoOOB AutoHOLD AutoDMAT AutoHndShk AutoSpdNeg AutoAlignSATA AutoAlignSAS OOB Settings COMWAKE Num Bursts Burst Length Idle Length 160 160 1440 2400 SATA Link Initialization Settings Align Time D10 2 Time 100000 100000 SAS Manual Speed Neg Settings Align Time AlignO Time Interspeed 6
40. Rear Panel Description LeCroy Corporation From left to right the CATC 10K rear panel contains the following components Figure 4 Rear Panel TE 2 5A 250V Computer Access Technologu Corporation AA www catc com DATA IN OUT EXT IN EXT OUT USB type B host computer connector This connector links the analyzer to the Host PC for the purpose of transmitting commands from the PC to the analyzer and uploading traces from the analyzer s recording memory to the SATASuite software for viewing and analysis RS 232 25 pin Data Output Connector This connector links a 25 pin RS 232 cable to an external breakout board The breakout board allows signals to be sent from the analyzer to an external device such as an oscilloscope or from an external device to the analyzer for the purpose of triggering on an external input You configure input output signalling through the Recording Options dialog box Breakout board use is described at the end of this chapter BNC Connectors Ext In and Ext Out These connectors allow BNC cables to be attached to the analyzer for the purpose of triggering on external input signals or for sending an output signal from the analyzer to another device These connectors have the same function as the 25 pin RS 232 connector i e they channel input and output signals but do not support the use of a breakout board Wide range AC connector module Power socket Power on off switch Enclosed 5x
41. SATA KOK 0X RD hm SATA XXXX X RDY iii LR 117 LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual 118 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 8 External Interface for Trigger In Out With each CATC 10K analyzer LeCroy includes two mechanisms for low latency communications with general purpose test and measurement equipment e BNC Trigger in out This connection can be used to send clocking information and recording commands from one analyzer to another see Setup for Cascaded Multiple Analyzer Use in Chapter 10 The BNC interface can also be used for transmitting and receiving trigger in out signals from general purpose instruments such as a LeCroy Oscilloscope or an InFusion Error Injection system e Break out board The break out board utilizes a LV TTL level signal which can provide a simple trigger in out interface to the analyzer It can also be used to configure the analyzer to trigger on a specific bit pattern received on the break out board data pins BNC External Trigger In Out The BNC External Trigger Out capability allows users to specify protocol level events as Trigger Out signals to external instruments This provides a mechanism for SATA link layer errors detected on the analyzer to trigger an attached oscilloscope The BNC Trigger In provides a similar mechanism allowing physical layer instruments to signal the analyzer to start capture at a specific instant U
42. SSP DATA LH 5 3 SSP NORMAL EN B 3 SSP OpenT 50000000 50006280 O00002F5 9 T z 3 SSP RESF 410 1 8 3 SSP NORMAL 9 3 SSP Openl 50006260 50000000 00000001 ERN 10 3 SSP COM 11 3 SSP NORMAL 14 T 12 3 SSP OpenT 50000000 50006280 O00002F5 1517 13 3 SSP DATA E16 14 3 SSP NORMAL ET 15 3 SSP OpenT 50000000 50006280 O00002F5 18 TI 15 3 SSP RES 19 11 17 3 SSP NORMAL zm E SSO LeCroy Corporation 109 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual 110 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 7 Searching Recordings SATASuite has several search commands that enable you to navigate a recording in search of key events such as errors and triggers These commands are launched from the Search menu To view the search options click Search in the Menu bar Search View Window Help i30 to Trigger i30 Fa Event Go to Marker k Go to M Find Lorie FS Search Direction Forward Go to Trigger To display a Trigger Event select Go to Trigger from the Search menu The Trace View is repositioned with the first Frame following the Trigger event or the Frame that caused the Trigger at the top of your screen Go to Event To display a specific Frame or higher decode level follow these steps Step 1 From the Search menu select Go to Event The Go to Event window appears GotoEvent xj Step 2 From the Go To pull down menus Goto select Frame Time or Markers if EE m
43. Thus if you had set the analyzer to trigger on an error but had deselected channel T1 the analyzer would record traffic on all channels including T1 but would ignore any error that occurred on channel T1 To turn off recording for individual channels use Inhibit Recording option in the Recording Options Channel Settings page This option will prevent traffic from being recorded into the trace LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Assigning an Action Assigning an action tells the analyzer what to do when it has found the targeted event If you do not assign an action the analyzer will look for the event but do nothing once the event has been encountered Assigning an action is a two step process first move an Event button from the Available Events area on the left to one of the two cells in the center of the window Then right click on the Event button and assign an action Dragginga The center of the Avalabe Everts ae Button to Recording Rules gt names the Global window is where rules Dana P State Cell or are defined To create To activate an Event button drag it to the Sequence a rule you must drag ciobslistdto Gar Cell an Event button from the Available Events area on the left to one of the two cells in the center of the Recording Rules window The cells in the center control the duration of the rule rules created with the Global State Cell are always enabled while rules created in the Seq
44. Trigger button has been pressed recording continues until the post trigger buffer has been filled or the Stop button is clicked on the Tool Bar e Event Trigger A recording whose ending is triggered by user defined events Recording begins when the Record button is clicked on the Tool Bar Recording continues in a circular manner within the limits set by the buffer size until a trigger event is detected and the defined amount of data has been recorded after the Trigger event Options The options checkboxes appear on the upper right side of the General tab of the Recording Options window e Truncate Data Payload Dwords Allows data payloads to be truncated to whatever length is specified in the box Truncating the payload preserves recording buffer thereby increasing the amount of traffic that can be recorded e Beep When Trigger Occurs When this checkbox is selected the computer connected to the SATASuite beeps three times when a Trigger condition is first detected Recording Recording Scope presents two important options that affect the size or scope of the Scope recording These options are Spooled and Conventional recordings The Spooled option enables very large recordings for example several hours The Conventional option is used for smaller recordings for example several minutes 44 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Convention al Single Buffer Recording LeCroy Corporation In a C
45. USB port on the PC The operating system detects the analyzer and begins to install the USB driver Follow Windows on screen Plug and Play instructions for the automatic installation of the analyzer as a USB device on the Host PC the required USB files are included on the SATASuite CD Step through the Windows hardware wizard The wizard will see that the CATC 10K has an internal USB hub and will begin loading hub drivers Afterwards the wizard will automatically install the system as a USB device on the PC When the wizard prompts you for driver information point it to the CD which should be in your disk drive and install catcupa sys and SATracer sys LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Connecting Devices to the Analyzer Model SSOO4MAA X incorporates the external Infiniband style connector which includes both a non intrusive as well as a repeater style front end This allows users to selectively switch between these two probing techniques based on their specific application Only one pair of connectors may be used at a time Note User s with model SSOO4MAA X must switch between repeater and non intrusive using the SATASuite software Go to Setup gt Probe Control to enable repeater or non intrusive mode Figure 5 Plug in Module SS004MAA X offers two types of probing Non intrusive Repeater SASTracer SATracer INITIAT INITIATOR TARGET Y D EX x L NONANTRUSIVE REPEATER Non intrusive T
46. an event here to add a sequence Step 9 Right click on the first event button A pop up menu appears Note Be sure to click on the button itself and not the cell If you click the cell you will get a different menu with fewer options him ATL N TR em Specify Action s b Trigger Step 10 Select Specify Actions Notice how this menu differs slightly from the menu shown earlier in this chapter You will see three E pare iid options for advancing or restarting Copy Event To gt Advance the Sequence a sequence im Delete This Event Restart All e Advance the Sequence Draws an RUD External Trigger Pulse HIGH arrow that connects the selected MM O00 External Trigger Pulse LOW event button to the event button Erie gore biker TERRE below it This option creates a Properties sequence e Restart the Sequence Not visible in the menu above This option restarts the entire sequence This option appears once you have linked two or more buttons in a sequence This option draws an arrow upward from the selected event button to the beginning of the sequence Restart All Restart all sequences and counts This option creates an arrow pointing a cell marked Restart All Step 11 Select Advance the Sequence An arrow will appear that connects the first button to the second Step 12 Right click the second button and select Specify Actions A sub menu appears LeCroy Corporation 77 SATASui
47. and Link Tracker windows are synchronized the Find and Go To options in the Search menu will apply to the Link Tracker window The Trace and Link Tracker windows can be synchronized by selecting the Synchronize button es LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 LeCroy Corporation Hiding Traffic You can hide Aligns Channels and other data from the Link Tracker window by clicking the Hide buttons on the toolbar in the Trace window amp amp ES qo or by selecting one or more of the various Hide options in the Display Options dialog box Zooming In and Out Zooming out can give you a quick high level view of a trace A fully zoomed out trace will only show columns and colored lines Using the colors you can see what types of traffic running through the trace for example brown represents data and dark green is a Start of Frame Further information can be obtained on any point of interest in the trace by positioning your mouse pointer over it Tool tips provide detailed description of events Note that when fully zoomed out the smallest graphical unit is the dword represented by a single line Zooming out makes the trace appear smaller and increases the time scale in the first column 7806 T1 7812 T1 7813 I1 7805 I2 775 13 7815 T3 7817 T2 7813 T1 139 Version 6 25 140 SATASuite User Manual Collapsing Idle Time Enabling Tooltips and Resetting Column Widths Cli
48. be used with many database and spreadsheet applications Once the file has been saved open Microsoft Excel Select Open from the File menu which will bring up a screen allowing you to navigate to the folder in which you saved the file If you have forgotten where you saved the file go back to the SATASuite program and select File Export to CSV Format again and note which directory and folder contains the exported file Cc e zix Loak in Sample Files Tools ren n3 sas kimenut response late Ss temp export tracker 3HBAxBDrives Filename dme Files of type Text Files Cancel At the bottom of this screen under Files of Type select Text Files This will produce a display of all csv files contained in the folder Click on the correct file to highlight it then click on Open LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 LeCroy Corporation When the file is opened a large spreadsheet similar the following will appear Ini xj Protocol Source Po Source SA Destination Close 3 SMF 3 SMF 3 SMF 3 SMF 3 SMF 3 SMF 3 SMF 3 SMF 3 SMF 3 SMF 3 SMF 3 SMF 3 SMF 3 SMP 3 SMF 3 SMF an UE CENE expanderbootsassata53006 This spreadsheet will have a large number of columns most of which are blank This format is used for all SATASuite data exports and many of the columns will not have application to SATracker data files The fi
49. click the REC button on the menu bar Until Triggered plus Enter the amount of traffic in time that you want the analyzer to record following an event trigger Recording time units are days hours minutes and seconds Until Triggered plus Enter the amount of traffic in MB that you want the analyzer to record following an event trigger You select event triggers in the Recording Rules page see Recording Rules on page 50 for details Spooled Recordings Performance Issues During a spooled recording if the analyzer buffer fills faster than the trace can be uploaded to the host PC the analyzer will briefly suspend recording until some of the buffer is free When recording is suspended gaps will appear in the trace These gaps will appear as entries in the trace During the recording you can see if gaps are likely to happen by reading the status bar at the bottom of the screen The Status bar has two fields that you can use to determine if gaps are occurring or are about to occur Gaps Shows how many gaps have occurred In the example above two gaps have occurred Hardware Buffer shows you how full the analyzer buffer is and if the analyzer is currently dropping packets In the example above Hardware Buffer field shows that the buffer is full shown by the thick green graph and that the analyzer is currently dropping packets shown by thin red line atop of the green graph Preventing Gaps Gaps can be
50. display all DWORDs on all channels synchronized to a common clock Flexible platform for testing host and end device behavior Automatically bring SATA device under test through power up reset and speed negotiation sequence Statistical reports provide high level abstraction of events operations errors and throughput for each T L Nexus Easy drill down on field structures for individual Frames Commands and Tasks Easily upgrade firmware to support new features Protect your investment with industry leading warranty LeCroy BusEngine LeCroy s BusEngine Technology is at the heart of the SATA Product Line The revolutionary BusEngine core uses FPGA technology and incorporates both the real time recording engine and the configurable building blocks that implement data state error detection triggering external signal monitoring and event counting and sequencing Like the flash memory based firmware that controls its operation all BusEngine logic is fully field upgradeable using configuration files that can be downloaded from the LeCroy LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 LeCroy Corporation Power Cord Set Cord Manufacturer and Models 180 0005 00 Quail 5000 079 UL CSA 180 0013 00 Quail 8500 098 VDE KEMA CEBERC NEMDO DEMDO SETI OVE SEV 180 0014 00 Quail 9650 098 ASTA SATA Protocol Analyzer and Exerciser on the CATC 10K Platform CATC 10K is a USB 2 0 Certified Hi Speed Device To upload
51. eee er eee ote D 117 LeCroy Corporation v Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Chapter 8 External Interface for Trigger In Out 119 BNC External Trigger In Out 119 Using the BNC Trigger Out 119 Using the BNC Trigger In 121 Breakout Board Trigger In Out 122 Pin Outs for the Data In Out Connector 123 Prototype Rework Area 124 Configuring Input Signaling through the Breakout Board 125 Chapter 9 Reports 127 FIC EBTOLRTOUONT Eee nes CER SUR QUIE oca dea as 127 Trafic SUMMAN gt 25 ne deae Ec EUIS aces Gus son od e hs 128 ENO SUNMA robes boh hd dee eter SOR senda atf Se abate 129 Timing Calculations 129 BUS UUIZAHON e d LM Re ope ob ee qoid deb dedu 130 Link Tracker Window 135 Frame Tracker Window 141 Chapter 10 Networking 145 Working with Multiple Analyzers 145 Hardware Setup for Direct USB Connections 146 Setup for Cascaded Multiple Analyzer Use 146 oet Up for Remote Access over an IP LAN 147 Configuring the Connection 148 USB Connected Analyzers 148 Remote Analyzers Over an IP Network 149 Configuring Cascaded Multiple Analyzers
52. electric idle COMSAS Settings COMSAS_NegLen 2400 The number of bursts to send as part of this OOB type Each Burst is followed by an Idle The Burst Idle pairs are repeated the requested number of times and then followed by the Negation_length of Idle COMSAS _IdleLen Burst time between each OOB idle in OOBls During the specified period the generator will send ALIGN O at the specified speed COMSAS BurstLen Idle time between each OOB burst in OOBls During the specified period the generator will keep the line at electric idle COMSAS NumBursts Negation time at the end of the OOB signal in OOBls During the specified period the generator will keep the line at electric idle 196 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Default Setting Value SATA Link Init Settings Version 6 25 Description OOB SATA D102 Time 100000 OOB SATA Align Time 100000 SAS Speed Negotiation Settings D10 2 time for SATA link synchronization in OOBls During the specified period the generator will transmit D10 2 symbols ALIGN O time for SATA link synchronization in OOBls During the specified period the generator will transmit ALIGN O primitives OOB SAS Align1 Time 81920 OOB SAS AlignO Time 81920 OOB SAS Interspeed _ 750000 Time SATA Speed Negotiation Settings ALIGN 1 time for SAS speed negotiation in OOBls During the specified period the generator will transmit ALIGN 1 primitives ALIGN O
53. explained below 114 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Right area Controls the specific events to be searched within the trace The box in this right section displays events from the selected Event Group The right area is context sensitive the Event Group selected in the Center Area determines what types of events display on the right For example if Primitive Type is selected the right area will display a list of Primitive types Bold entries indicate items that actually occurred in the trace In the example shown above Primitive Types is selected The right side of the screen shows all of the Primitive Types that occurred in the displayed trace Complex When conducting complex searches in the Find dialog box Searches you first push a decode button in the toolbar to enable search for Frames Transactions SCSI Operations or Management Transactions in the Search for box FI5s Command In this example all of the Search for choices are enabled and Frames is selected The Event Groups box in the Find dialog contains available choices based on the selection After you have selected a choice in the Event Groups the box on the right of the Find window will present choices based on your selection In the Primitives following example the box displays the primitive ME ata Length types that are available in the trace CE mors Packet Types JFIS Types meus IHS Part Humber OOE Signal Al
54. follows which allow far more data to be displayed in the same screen 104 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Eg File Setup Record Generate Tracker Report Search View Tools Window Help TimeDelta idle 02 05 702 970 565 ALIGN Q TimeDelta 0205702977632 ALIGN 1 AUGNN 0205703032245 m e epe eJ 02 05 05 054 845 ALIGN 2 02 05 703 059 552 22 615 ps ALIGN 0 nns Fo nga 157 A RON ue AI SN 62 Note that the occurance of just one frame in the display with a different header Idle instead of Time Delta results in the header row being redisplayed LeCroy Corporation 105 Version 6 25 Export Options Trace data captured by SATracer can be exported for other uses including uses outside the system These options are accessed through the File menu by selecting Export as shown below 106 File W E i m Setup Record Generat Mew GenFile Ctril h Open Ctri o Close Save 45 Print Ckri P Print Preview Print Setup Edit Comment Export Packets to Text Packet View Format Convert to Generator File Format Me ci m Packets to EAS Format ta CSV Format 1 545Expander_Init sas 2 Sas Lo sata copy sas 3sas drive boot sas 4 SASExpander Init sas Exil SATASuite User Manual There are four export options supported The data fields which will be present in the exported files are determined by the current
55. for all Frames throughout the trace e Double clicking anywhere in the payload field e Clicking in the data payload field and selecting Expand Collapse Data in the pull down menu When you select Expand Data only the first 100 dwords are shown To view all of the dwords select View Data Block This section describes expanding or collapsing data payload by using the menu Step 1 In the Serial ATA trace click in a Data Payload box j BEJE Sle bytes Step 2 In the Data Field menu select Expand Data CRC 512 Data Field View Data Black k Expand Data Expand All Data Fields Collapse All Data Fields Format k Color Hide The Data Payload box expands to show more detailed description of the data 16 O0 OO O0 OO OO OO O0 OO O0 OO 00 O0 O0 00 OO OO OO OO OO OO OO OO O06 To collapse data follow the same steps described above and select Collapse Data You can also expand or collapse all data payload fields within a trace by using the above menu LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 View Data Block Window Description of View Data Block Window LeCroy Corporation The View Data Block command opens a dialog box that lets you display and navigate the data within Frames and Transport Layer transactions This dialog box gives you several format choices for the data binary hexadecimal ASCII and decimal It also gives you the ability to navigate throu
56. fra Sequence 1 State 1 Open Address poppe props Du fry Data Pattern pi Eripe prop sure OPEN REJECT pri p e props prop pru Save Save As Defaut Load Sequential Events and Timers The recording option above shows an example of using a Loop and Timer to trigger on Open Timeout violation This reads Wait for an OPEN ADDRESS on 11 If OPEN ACCEPT or an OPEN REJECT occurs on T1 within 1ms restart the loop ELSE IF 1 ms elapses without detecting an OPEN ACCEPT or an OPEN REJECT on T1 then trigger the analyzer LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Recording Options Channels The Channels page allows the channel names to be customized To change a channel name select the channel then click the edit button and enter the new text then click OK Once the options are set the analyzer will update the open trace and all future traces with the new channel names Recording Options x General Channel Settings Recording Rules Channels Channel Name Edit Restore Defaults Save Save As Defaut Load Note You can also change channel names by clicking on the first cell of a trace the channel cell and selecting Rename Channel from the pop up menu Where Custom channel names appear in three places Custom The trace itself Channel Names Link Tracker window Appear Bus Usage window LeCroy Corporation 81 Version 6 25 82 SATASuite User Manual
57. get a warning Note Counters can not be applied to events with Filter Actions The maximum counter value is 65 535 Negation Tells the hardware to match the opposite of the event For example if you select NOT for Errors Event the match will occur on Error types that are not checked If you select NOT for a SCSI command the match will occur on any FCP CMND except for the selected one and also on the selected one if the additional parameters do not match LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 LeCroy Corporation Pin Button Allows you to pin the Properties dialog box to the application so that it does not go away when another object appears such as an event state or action Description String This area contains a textual description of the event Specific Event Settings The largest part of the Event Properties dialog box By selecting one or more events from the list you narrow the range of events for which the analyzer searches The options presented in this area vary depending on the selected event There are three basic formats e Checkboxes List e Pattern Editor Checkboxes and Lists present options for you to select from Selecting one or more option tells the analyzer which event s the analyzer should search for Examples are shown below Primitive Category Actions bar Prim Category SATA PRIMITIVE SATA IDLE PRIMITIVE Channels v All KL 2 fre a fraps
58. gives you the convenience of being able to control multiple analyzers from a single SATASuite application The application provides you with a means of toggling back and forth between the analyzers To set up multiple analyzers via USB you attach USB cables between the analyzers and the host PC as shown in the illustration on the right If you do not intend to group the analyzers together for fC farce T synchronized multi analyzer recordings no further hardware setup is required If you do IE Ea intend to group the analyzers then you will need to add BNC cables as described in the section below under Setup for Multiple Analyzer Use Once the analyzers are connected and started you can browse to the analyzers via the command Setup gt Analyzer Network Note The SATASuite software will allow you to toggle between the analyzers but not run two copies of SATASuite software on your screen simultaneously Setup for Cascaded Multiple Analyzer Use If you add a BNC connection between the SATracer analyzers shown you create a cascade which allows the analyzers to function together as a logical unit Cascading increases the numbers of ports that can be simultaneously recorded SATracer To set up a cascade you connect a BNC cable between the External Output port on the back of one analyzer to the input port on the second The first analyzer will serve as the controlling or master analyzer It will transm
59. instance of your selection Afterwards click the up or down arrows at the top of the Traffic Summary window to navigate forward or backward through the display Buttons Buttons at the top of the Traffic Summary window serve to format the display and export summarized data to email file or the printer Hos ews The buttons have the following functions Save As Saves Traffic Displays results tabular text format H Summary results into an 3E HTML format Email Creates an Displays drop down menu with email with a html file EMA Grid Lines Displays Hides grid lines attachment of the graphs Row Selection Allows entire rows to be selected Tight Columns Reformats column widths to match data e Print 128 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Error Summary The Error Summary button opens the Traffic Summary window and displays a list of errors analyzed throughout the recording Step 1 From the Report menu select Error Summary The Traffic Summary window appears with Error information displayed Traffic Summary Bos mium Goe n S orgii Frame titt B Alrepors He 2 Iu Iu e Ie le e i Sata SATA Transactions Packet Error Idle Error I ATA ATA Commands Packet Error Bad CRC ulli oe ATA Packet Error Disparity Error ATA ATA Incomplete Commands Packet Error Bad Code ATAPI PACKET Commands Packet Error Alignment Error 4 1 0 ATA Timing Report Packet Error Delimiter Error Sata SATA Primi
60. keyboard shortcut With the mouse pointer positoned over the display area right click the mouse and select Compact for the menu that displays To change back repeat either the menu selection or the keyboard shortcut The following screens illustrate the use of compact view mode In the screen below shown in normal view the same header information repeats for each frame LeCroy Corporation 103 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Eg File Setup Record Generate Tracker Report Search wiew Tools Window Help Edi ch d ees dub 48 Frame 312596 TimeDelta ALIGN 3 02 05 702 813 797 22 490 ps K28 5 D27 3 D27 3 D27 3 Frame 312596 TimeDelta ALIGN 1 02 05 702 836 287 4 817 us K28 5 D07 0 D07 0 DO7 0 Frame 312697 TimeDelta ALIGN 0 02 05 702 841 105 22 503 us K28 5 D10 2 D10 2 D27 3 Frame 312598 TimeDelta ALIGN 2 02 05 702 863 607 4 803 us K28 5 D01 3 DO1 3 DOS Frame 312599 TimeDelta ALIGN 1 02 05 702 868 410 22 518 us K28 5 DO7 0 DO7 0 DO7 0 Frame 312600 TimeDelta ALIGN 3 02 05 702 890 927 K28 5 D27 3 D27 3 D27 3 Frame 312601 TimeDelta ALIGN 2 02 05 702 895 717 22 530 us K28 5 DO1 3 DO1 3 DO1 3 Frame 312602 TimeDelta ALIGN 0 02 05 702 818 247 A us fetal sy D10 2 D1042 Dara Frame 312603 TimeDelta ALIGN 3 02 05 702 8253 025 22 540 us K25 5 D27 3 D27 3 D27 3 Frame 317Rf14 lal lli PTT ALIGN r When View Compact or Ctrl Q is selected the trace file is now shown as
61. menu provides several reports to assist you in analyzing traffic recorded by the Analyzer File Information Error Summary Timing Calculations Traffic Summary Bus utilization Link Tracker Frame Tracker M im E f KD HT File Information LeCroy Corporation To display data on a trace select Report gt File Information from the menu File Information File name SampleData sas Trace occurred Friday Sept 12 2004 18 17 54 Number of frames 63 Recorded with CATC SASTracer analyzer version 2 00 Build 91 Humber of markers 0 Recording Options Options Name Default Recording Mode Snapshot Buffer Size 16 000 ME Post trigger position 5060 Base filename amp path C Program Files CATS ASTracer data sas Open Recording Options in a dialog License information for the product Serial Number 00000 used to record this trace file Software maintenance hasn t been enabled Available Features Featire Purchased Feature Description Title 2 link No Ability to record traffic on first and second SAS SATA links of the Recording analyzer Save As ce d The File Information dialog opens and provides information about the recording such as when it was made and version of the Analyzer Firmware and BusEngine Perhaps the most useful information listed in the dialog is the Recording Option settings used to create the open trace These settings are shown in the above screenshot Also shown in
62. point you should see two buttons in the Available Events area Available Events Global State active at all times pu prope fray prp ra EUR Step 4 Drag the first button to the cell marked Drag an event here to create a sequence When you finish notice how two new cells appear in the window as shown below the cell where you placed your button Global State active at all times Sequence 1 State 1 adis TRIGGER pr gripe prop Elie Du Step 5 Double click on the button A Properties dialog box opens Event Properties 2d y prope pra ero s rad Packet Type Align Frequencey Label CRC mo Disparity Delimiter Channels M Al Symbol Encoding Alignment Court EE M NOT Match an the opposite of this event Desc Any occurence on channels 11 T1 12 ar T2 of any of the selected Error Step 6 Select desired options from the dialog box for example an error sub type The options apply immediately LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Step 7 Close the Properties dialog box by clicking the X in the top right corner The Properties dialog box closes Step 8 Drag the second event button to the cell immediately below the cell occupied by your first event button Note that an additional cell appears Global State active at all times Sequence 1 State 1 Error TRIGGER DAA Elie fr Sequence 1 State 2 n Eripe propo pro fra marked Drag
63. screen view Please select the appropriate data fields before exporting the data to ensure that the correct information is present in the exported file LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Packets to Text Packet View Format Export to Generator File Format Packets to EAS Format Export to CSV Format LeCroy Corporation This option is used to create a text version of the trace e g for use when emailing a trace section Selecting this option brings up a screen to allow you to define the range of events that you want to include in the text file The range can be defined by frame number by markers or by time Export Events to text X Fram To Frame m Frame z 28678 Marker Marker Time 23 13085251 5 secs Time d 29 2741839525 secs Reset Range ta Whole Trace Cancel Define the range of events by frames markers or time that you would like in the exported file and click OK A screen will appear for you to provide a filename for the exported file and allow you to navigate to the folder where you wish to store the file The exported file will have a txt extension A feature of the SATrainer is the ability to use a trace captured by the SATracer as the basis for traffic to be generated by the SATrainer In order to use this feature the captured trace must first be exported by using the Export to Generator File Format command See Generating Traffic on pag
64. small segments rather than as a single large recording Multi segmenting was developed to make it easier to work with large recordings where navigation can sometimes be difficult Multi segmenting is enabled in the General page of the Recording Options dialog Multi segmenting produces two kinds of files segments and an index file that summarizes the recording and keeps tabs of the various segments The buttons below allow multi segmented traces to be navigated 14 4 Show first multisegment file Show previous multisegment file Show multisegment index file Traffic Generation Buttons These buttons become active if a traffic generation file ssg is open z Tal 5 Start Traffic Generation This button activates if a traffic generation file ssg is open and an SATrainer is attached Stop Traffic Generation This button becomes active if a traffic generation is underway Resume Traffic Generation Command Tracking Buttons Start Tracking Initiates tracking of all commands issued and completed Tracker Options Opens a dialog window to allow the user to establish settings for controlling command tracking including setting a timeout trigger P amp a ls Show next multisegment file Show last multisegment file Connect link Establishes a link between SATrainer and the DUT When a Connect is built into the traffic generation script this button will give status on the connection it
65. the n following options m paste Cut Cuts selected text a Go To Definition OF C o py L C O p i es se e ct e d t ext Um Open File C Program Files CATC SASTracer Generation Include PrimitivesDecl inc x Close File Paste Pastes selected text v Enable Outlining Go to Definition of Repositions the Toggle Outlining script window to whatever definition v line Numbers has been selected Open File Opens whatever file has been pointed to with the mouse in the script This command works with Include statements for example include Generation Include PrimitivesDecl inc Close File Closes whatever script file is currently being displayed Enable Outlining Toggle Outlining and Line Numbers Enables the three options described above under View Options Menu At the bottom of the window are a series of tabs that allow the ssg file and its supporting Include files to be opened and edited The Include files open automatically when the software first reads the script ulale testi sso 4 Settings inc FrimitiesDecl inc AddressFramesDecl nc Whenever you create a scripting error a log will open at the bottom of the application window When the error is corrected the window automatically closes Generation Script Editor leafs X m m oo ne G IDLE 238 AAAA th S 7 gi set ssc NotTodayThanks Primitives ssg PrimitivesDeclinc 4 FleQin 1 0 0 Desripton O BE c Prog
66. the screenshot is a hypertext link to the Recording Option settings themselves The link is marked with the text Open Recording Options in a dialog Clicking this link causes the software to open the Recording Options dialog and automatically populate the dialog with the settings used to create the open trace 127 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Traffic Summary The Traffic Summary displays a report of traffic in the data file and appears at the bottom of the SATASuite main window The left side contains a tree view where you can expand or collapse types of data you want displayed to the right of the Traffic Summary window You can print e mail save to disk or display data in a two column table by using the buttons in the Traffic Summary tool bar From the Report menu select Traffic Summary Traffic Summary Hos Em Go eh o lof HHH Frame Hit Protocol Units Fra Frames Primitives 18 H ff Address Frames ee i T ignals SSP SSP Frames Connect Events 0 SMP SMP Frames Disconnect Events STP STP Frames Transport Layer Transactions 24 Primitives SCSI Operations 0 Management Transactions 6 Jra Transactions ATA Commands 0 SCSI SCSI Operations Mgt Mat Transactions ATA ATA Commands Q Errors PARAH All reports Navigating The Traffic Summary window also functions as a trace navigation tool If you click one of the numbers in the right side of the window the trace will jump to the first
67. throughout the trace e Hide Hides data fields throughout the trace To re display hidden fields right click anywhere in the trace and select Unhide Cells and then one of the options from the sub menu Right Mouse Button If you click a cell in the recording with the a Displav Options right mouse button a pop up menu appears and shows the options for zooming in or out wrapping the display and other formatting Unhide cells d options Se C4 Zoom Qut E we 35 LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Status Bar The Status Bar is located at the bottom of the main display window Depending on the current activity the bar can be divided into as many as four segments Recording When you begin recording on a SATracer Analyzer the left most segment of the Status Progress Bar displays a recording Progress Indicator Tue ce TTT TTI Search Fwd T ssesd facti II Search Fwd 4 mmm Uploading 4156 done Search Fwd A mme Uploading 55 done Search Fwd 4 As recording progresses the Progress Indicator changes to reflect the recording progress graphically e Inthe Progress Indicator a black vertical line illustrates the location of the Trigger position you selected in Recording Options Pre Trigger progress is displayed in the field to the left of the Trigger Position When the Trigger position is reached the progress indicator wiggles as it waits for the Trigger After the Trig
68. time for SAS speed negotiation in OOBls During the specified period the generator will transmit ALIGN O primitives Interspeed time for SAS speed negotiation in OOBls During the specified period the generator will keep the line at electric idle OOB SpeedNeg RCDT 750000 OOB SpeedNeg SNTT 163840 OOB SpeedNeg SNLT 153600 Speed Settings Maximum time in OOBIs during the speed negotiation window for a transmitter to reply with ALIGN 1 Time in OOBIs during which ALIGN O or ALIGN 1 is transmitted at each physical link rate during the speed negotiation sequence Time in OOBIs during which the transmitter shall transmit idle between rates during speed negotiation u RateMatching E LeCroy Corporation Link Speed Possible Values LINK SPEED 1 5G LINK SPEED 3G Default Value LINK SPEED 1 5G When set the generator will automatically inserting the stream Align O primitive after every dword 197 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Default Setting Value Description Scrambling Mode Settings ScramblingMode gt gt gt gt gt Raw Data Scrambling Mode Only those raw dwords will be scrambled that contain only data bytes no 10bit symbols or K bytes Scrambling is reset by changing ScramblingMode or by any valid SAS or SATA frame Possible Values SCRAMBLING MODE NONE SCRAMBLING MODE SAS SCRAMBLING MODE SATA Default Value SCRAMBLING MODE NONE Wait Timeout Settings WaitTimeout 1000 Sets
69. triggering channel settings and tracker sweeping Probe Control Provides a dialog to adjust the probe settings of the selected device Channel Settings Allows renaming of the channels ie the establishment of aliases for each channel Analyzer Network Opens a dialog box for browsing to local and networked analyzers Within the dialog click Add to browse The dialog lists PCs that are on the LAN If a PC has an analyzer attached to it and if DCOM permissions have been set on the selected PC clicking Select establishes a connection All Connected Opens a dialog box with a list of analyzers connected to the host Devices PC Lets you select an analyzer and update the BusEngine Firmware and licensing information Switch to Switches between SATracer and SATracker capabilities for systems with dual function licenses Causes the Analyzer to begin recording Causes the Analyzer to stop recording Recording Options Configures the SAS Tracer analyzer s recording behavior Opens UPAS 10K a dialog for selecting event triggers and filters and for setting the size of the recording buffer and other recording options Recording Options Configures the Avalanche analyzer s recording behavior Opens Avalanche a dialog for selecting event triggers and filters and for setting the size of the recording buffer and other recording options Generate Start Generation Starts traffic generation This command requir
70. values Using T lets the user include constants or predefined data pattern in another pattern EXAMPLES DataPattern PATTERN 1 AAAABBBB SOME HEX DATA EEEEFFFF 1210ABB1 AAAABBBB 1210ABB1 AAAABBBB 1210ABB1 AAAABBBB 1210ABB1 SOME DEC DATA 1210AB DataPattern PATTERN 2 00000000 11111111 22222222 33333333 AAAABBBB 55556666 FEFEFEFE CDCDCDCD 9999BBBB 12343434 6767676B 56BBFF DataPattern PATTERN 3 PATTERN 1 FFFFFFFF EEEEEEEE SOME HEX DATA DataPattern SOME PATTERN BBBBBBBB DDDDDDDD Primitives can be defined using the following e Byte values k indicates control symbol The 10b codes are calculated based on the current running disparity e Primitives are completely interchangeable with SymChains EXAMPLE Primitive CHAIN ONE KBC 1E 1E 1E kBC 1A OF oymChain ChainTwo k28 5 D12 3 D10 2 D11 6 oymChain ChainThree k28 3 3EA 25 k18 IFA Primitive SOF kBC 18 E4 67 Primitive EOF KBC 18 FO 9B e Raw 10 bits codes This definition might cause running disparity errors EXAMPLE Primitive CHAIN TWO 305 2D4 1E4 362 e Mixed bytes and 10b codes This definition might cause running disparity errors EXAMPLE Primitive CHAIN TWO 305 2D4 1E4 362 CHAIN ONE 171 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Packets Using the Frame or Packet keyword user can define a frame of traffic to be used in Frames the generation stream Declarations of prolog and epilog may be mixed with field declarations Fra
71. will depress when a connect occurs and undepress when disconnected Disconnect link Generation Options Opens a dialog for configuring traffic generation Stop Tracking Stops command tracking LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Pop Up Menus Pop up menus within the trace provide options for formatting the trace Left Mouse Button Opens a menu for expanding fields viewing data fields and formatting the trace The menu is context sensitive and changes depending on what field of the data file has been clicked A menu similar to the following appears Frame CCE 200 000 ns view Data Block Expand Data TimeDelta Expand All Data Fields 57 665 us Collapse All Data Fields TimeDelta 205 000 ns Farmat k e Stamp Calor I 06 706 606 622 Hide Data Field Indicates the type of field that you selected This field is context sensitive View Data Block Allows raw data to be viewed from a data cell Expand Data Collapse Data Expands or collapses data field Summarizes the amount of data displayed in the cell Expand All Data Fields Expands any data fields that are currently collapsed Collapse All Data Fields Collapses any data fields that are currently expanded e Format Presents options for changing the numerical formatting of the data fields throughout the trace Color Presents options for changing the color of the data fields
72. with the Counter selected and ready to accept the count value The menu item is not shown if the counter is not applicable to the selected event If the counter is already specified this menu item is replaced with Don t Use Counter and Change Counter Value Move Event To Moves selected event to a different position in the Recording Rules window Copy Event To Copies selected event to a different position in the Recording Rules window Delete this Event Deletes the selected Event Alternatively you can use the Delete button on the toolbar or keyboard to delete events Properties Opens a dialog box and lets you specify further sub types for example types of errors and additional conditions for the selected event LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Action If you click on an Action button you will get the following pop up menu Pop up Trigger Sets or clears Trigger action Menu 199 IQQ l Filter In Sets or clears Filter In action This option precludes the use of Filter Out TRIGGER x Action s of Error m Trigger Filter In Filter Out Restart All External Trigger Pulse HIGH External Trigger Pulse LOW External Trigger Pulse TOGGLE Properties Global State Cell Action menu for event in Trigger Filter Qut v Advance the Sequence Restart All External Trigger Pulse HIGH External Trigger Pulse LOW External Trigger Pulse TOGGLE Properties
73. wrap the recording to fit within the screen by using the following buttons Increases the size of the displayed elements allowing fewer but larger Frame fields per screen amp on the Tool Bar Decreases the size of the displayed elements allowing more but smaller Frame fields per screen Click amp amp on the Tool Bar Adjusts the Trace View so that Frames fit onto the next line if they are longer than the size of the window Without Wrap you can use the horizontal scroll bar to see the hidden part of a Frame Click E on the Tool Bar Fra Fis Cmd D a qq d3 da T I En RT Data imeDelta un za pi Data 0x0 516 byte xEESAB7 4 200 000 ns Trace with Wrap turned off In this example the Time Stamp extends off the right edge of the screen Fra Fis m d DIOOD D E S Type Port d EIE TimeDelta eS pali s Data 0x0 516 bytes OxEESA6747 200 000 ns Time Stamp 06 706 548 757 Trace with Wrap turned on Entire Frame displays in window Adding Comments to the Recording 38 You can create view or edit the 100 character comment field associated with each data file Step 1 From the File menu select Edit Comment The Edit Trace Comment Dialog window appears Edit Trace File Comment Dialog X This a recording to connection to the new hard drive Cancel Step 2 Create view or edit the comment Step 3 Click OK LeCroy Corporation SATASu
74. you start up the Analyzer it automatically loads the default opt file if one exists Click OK to apply any changes you have made to Display Options and close this dialog box Click Cancel to cancel any immediate changes you have made and exit the Display Options menu Click Apply to apply your changes while keeping the Display Options window open LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 6 Daho a p Frame 5 ESC TimeDelta cr 182 500 ns Time Stamp 06 603 335 690 Frame Trs f TimeDelta Time Stamp 06 603 335 882 Recording View Features SATASuite viewing software displays make extensive use of color and graphics to fully document the captured traffic Frames for SATracer files or commands for SATracker files are shown on separate time stamped rows with their individual fields both labeled and color coded Data fields can be collapsed to occupy minimal space in the display which can in turn be zoomed in and out to optimize screen utilization Pop up Tool Tips annotate Frame fields with detailed information about their contents The display software can operate independent of the hardware and so can function as a stand alone Viewer that may be freely distributed Frame FIS ATA Command and OOB Views The default display mode for recorded traces is Frame view The trace can also be viewed in FIS ATA Application Layer and OOB views Changing Display Levels To switch betwe
75. 0x74258E55 RE 0 000ns 000 0 000ns Frame Ee pe PONSE Tag Data Enr EOF Idle Time Stamp 10 cie 0x0000 0 bytes 0 bytes 0x5340ABD4 m 0 000ns 000 0 000ns 00 000 000 560 Frame E BEJE ic EOF Idle Time Stamp 11 ae Ox0000 12 bytes 12 bytes OxC486DB10 maa 0 0 000ns 000 0 000ns 00 000 000 800 Frame m UNKNOWN Tag Data este EOF Time Stamp 12 UN ox0000 0 bytes 0 bytes fae E 00 000 001 120 Frame Tag 7 SQ COMMAND 0x0000 Time Stamp 00 000 000 320 LeCroy Corporation 167 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual In the lower screenshot global settings make up the eight bars at the top of the window Below that are five frames If you look at the script itself you will see that there are six frame commands five active and one commented out Generating Traffic Once the ssg file has been opened onscreen recording and traffic generation can begin at any time Step 1 Click to begin the recording Step 2 Ifthe script does not have a connect block built into it connect the exerciser to the DUT by clicking the Connect Link button s Clicking this button will cause the generator to invoke the us settings in your script for example the global settings and then establish a connection Step 3 Click the Start Generation button on the Tool Bar While generating traffic a bar appears on the right of the trace view indicating that traffic generation is taking place The gre
76. 1 Count 2 NOT Match on the opposite of this event Desc Any occurence on channels 11 T1 12 T2 13 T3 14 ar T4 of any of the selected Primitive Categories Event Properties x WU Label Channels v All Eier epp pr Count 2 NOT Match on the opposite of this event Desc Any occurence on channels 11 T1 12 T2 13 T3 14 or T4 of the specified Primitive Unknown The Pattern Editor on the other hand presents a series of text boxes in which you can enter a data pattern in 8 bit codes that the analyzer can use as a trigger pattern search 61 Version 6 25 62 SATASuite User Manual The Pattern Editor has two components the text boxes themselves in which a pattern can be entered and pull down menus Pull down menus are available for some fields By clicking on any field header users will either be presented with a drop down menu below or they can enter values in decimal or hex and the string will be converted to binary after clicking on a different field Event Properties xj FIS Actions Walid for Triggering Sequencing Filtering Error Status EIDER Port FIS Type EEEF k Y Label Valid for Triggering Sequencing these conditions will not B ae A ds Pio setup Dev Head Cyl High Cyl Low Set Device Bits Dwl XXXXXXXXXXEXXXXEXXXXXXXXXXAXQDMA Activate HEBES v Al Reserved Cyl Highlexp Cyl Lowifexp ae nud Lieke Dunne Dw2 XXXX
77. 19 122 124 Buffer Size 45 Bus Conditions 67 Bus Utilization 33 130 Bus Utilization Buttons 131 Byte Value in 10b Raw Bits 96 C Cascaded Multiple Analyzer 146 Cascading 145 CATC 10K Platform 7 Changing Display Levels 91 Changing Field Formats 88 Changing the BusEngine 204 Changing the Color of the Data Fields 35 Channel Settings 49 210 Channels 81 Clear Marker 41 Collapse Data 35 Collapsing Data Fields 97 Color Display Options 87 Command Completion Time 212 command completion time 212 Command End Events 203 Version 6 25 Command Fragments 203 command fragments 203 Command Log File 203 204 211 213 Command Start Events 203 Comments 38 Compact View 103 213 Complex Wait For Conditions 201 Complex Searches 115 Configuring Input Signaling 125 Connected Remotely over an IP Network 145 Connecting Devices 11 Connectors 8 Contact LeCroy 227 Conventional Recording 44 45 Counters 56 74 Counting Events 74 CRC Calculations 166 Creating a Traffic Generation File 154 Ctrl Q Keyboard Shortcut 103 Custom Channel Names 81 Data Block Window 99 Data In Out Connector 123 Data Output Connector 9 Data Payload 98 Decode Buttons 33 207 Descrambling 49 Dimensions 231 Disparity error 97 Display Options 32 85 89 90 95 DWORD Display 4 Edit Comment 38 Environmental Conditions 231 Error Report 33 Error Summary 34 129 Errors Properties Dialog 68 Event Properties Dialog Box 63 Event Sequences
78. 1920 61920 750000 153600 163540 750000 Auto Wait Settings 5SAS AFTER CLOSE CLOSE EOF ACK EOF ACK NAK OPEN ACCEPT OPEN REJECT ldenFr ldenFr SMPReq Resp OFF No devices Ready Layout The ssg file will show several colored bars across the screen that represent global settings The bars serve to show how the generation file is currently configured These settings include the link speed 1 5 Gbps vs 3 0 Gbps the type of device for example SATA Host or SATA Device COMINIT COMWAKE and some other settings As changes are made and saved to the traffic generation file the bars will immediately update The actual traffic pattern that is about to be generated appears below the bars as a series of Frames In the generation file shown in the above screenshot the first generation Frame is a Start of Address Frame labeled as Frame 8 You can edit the traffic generation file to add edit or remove frames 156 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Starting the Script Editor To edit an ssg file use the Script Editor The Script Edit is an editing tool that will display LeCroy Corporation the ssg file and its supporting Include files Version 6 25 To launch the Script Editor click the Script Editor button on the toolbar or right click in the trace window and choose Edit as Text The Script Editor window will open and display in the lower portion of the trace window lit File Setup
79. 20 mm 2 0A 250 V fast acting glass fuse Warning For continued protection against fire replace fuse only with the type and rating specified above Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Setting Up the Analyzer Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 10 Remove the analyzer from its shipping container The SATA Analyzer module will already be installed in the left slot of the CATC 10K The right slot may have a second analyzer or a SATA Exerciser Connect the Analyzer unit to a 100 volt to 240 volt 50 Hz to 60 Hz 120 W power outlet using the provided power cord Note The Analyzer is capable of supporting supply voltages between 100 volt and 240 volt 50 Hz or 60 Hz thus supporting all known supply voltages around the world Turn on the power switch on the rear of the CATC 10K Note At power on the analyzer initializes itself in approximately ten seconds and performs an exhaustive self diagnostic that lasts about five seconds The Status LED of the CATC 10K base unit turns red on power up initialization The LED remains on approximately 25 seconds while the analyzer performs self diagnostic testing If the diagnostics fail the Status LED will blink red indicating a hardware failure If this occurs call LeCroy Customer Support for assistance Insert the CD into the CD ROM drive of the PC that will be controlling the analyzer Connect the USB cable between the USB port on the back of the analyzer and a
80. 2333 11 Link Tracker shows some decoded fields for incomplete Identify Address frame Idle 125 000 ns ns 02 121 365 Data EM ue SMP FRAME 8 bytes 125 000 ns DEDA Time Stamp Link Tracker Frame 40139 5 4 3 9 Qe Sym Ox Ox 10b RD Text Packet amp Ti 02 121 365 813 02 121 365 826 02 121 365 839 02 121 365 853 40139 I1 02 121 365 866 Frame Type Function Reserved n 02 121 365 879 yLd 02 121 365 893 02 121 365 906 02 121 365 919 02 121 365 93 02 121 365 946 02 121 365 959 02 121 365 97 02 121 365 986 02 121 365 999 02 121 366 013 40140 11 EOF 02 121 366 026 B 02 121 366 039 Link Tracker shows some decoded fields for incomplete SMP frame 101 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Split Frames Some frames mostly STP SATA can take a very long time on the bus For SATA 102 frames it happens when Host and target go into long Hold periods while writing or reading the data In this case it is not viable for SATracer to record the whole traffic sequence as one frame and the Split Frame approach is used The long frame is broken into a sequence of smaller frames which are marked as Starting frame zero or more Middle frames and an Ending frame This is highlighted in the Trace View like this SATA XMT SATA SOF FIS EE p Data START 12052 bytes 0 000ns 01 00 34 Frame Data Idle Time Stamp ns eo se hes 4096 bytes 0 000ns 01 00 347 694 890
81. 3 P4 or Apply to All Ports LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Input Signal Equalization Input signal equalization can be adjusted within a matrix of three time values with four settings for each time value The time settings are relative Short Medium and Long The available levels from left to right are Off Min imum Mod erate and Max imum The default setting is Min for Short The default setting is Off for Medium The default setting is Min for Long Input ISE 0x10 Output Pre emphasis Output pre emphasis is controlled within a matrix of two time values with 15 settings within each time value The time values are Output Pre Long and Output Pre Short The settings for each are from Off 0 to Max 15 The default setting is Off for Output Pre Long The default setting is 13 for Output Pre Short Output Pre Long 0x20 Output Pre Short 0x21 Level fecal Decay Decay I l For short cables Short Level is more important than Long Level For long cables Long Level is more important than Short Level Use cable length to set pre emphasis e For long cables set Long Level at the middle and Short Level to OFF or at a pre defined value that you derive by trial and error in the lab e For short cables set the Long Level at the middle and set Short Level to a value that you derive by trial and error in the lab For Output Pre Long and Output Pre Short you c
82. 3 08 10 do Uc o oA nt oa rea ed aic M Creole nie 68 Errors Properties Dialog 68 Breakout Board Data 68 Breakout Board Data Properties Dialog 68 State Properties Dialog 69 Timer Properties Dialog 69 Actions Tab in the Properties Dialog 70 ASSIGNING ACUOLSs uos aa Gea Re te so ac Ole 70 Setting Conditions The Role of the Global State Cell 72 Filter In and Filter Out 13 Filter In or Out Everything 74 CONUN EVESTU s sataa erui dab t UNE Ree Tee Eee 74 IV LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Creating Event Sequences 75 Side suu eiu Eu ee e up a EACUS ee a 15 How to Create an Event Sequence 76 MS IAG A UMS Piso cass che hc ee ard Jo date 78 Recording Options Channels 81 Where Custom Channel Names Appear 81 Chapter 5 Display Options 85 General Display Options 86 Setting Color Formatting and Hiding Options 87 Setting Color Display Options 87 Changing Field Formats 88 Hiding Display Options 89 Level Hiding Options 89 Saving Display Options
83. 3 Specify a filename opt Step 4 Click Save 86 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Setting Color Formatting and Hiding Options Click the Color Format Hiding tab on the Display Options screen Display Units Bit Order C Hexadecimal 2 MSB to LSB ERE C Decimal LSB to MSE Time Binary r Hiding ASIEI Other Hidden Protocols Address Frame Primitives S6P Frame SMP Frame Jut OF Band Signals STP SATA STP FIS Channels ATA Command Tracker Fields Ho colors available for selected item H TCG Packet Display Options General Color Format Hiding Level Hiding Headers Expand All Collapse All Restore Factory Presets S awe Save As Default Load ree em Use this window to customize the colors and formats associated with each field in the Trace view You can also use this window to hide fields within the trace Setting To change the colors of elements in the trace select an item in the Group and Color Color column and use the color pallet screen on the right to make the desired changes Display Options Note The color of an Invalid Data packet error field cannot be changed it is permanently set to red Use this window to customize the colors associated with each field in the trace You can experiment with these options to achieve the color combination best suited to a particular gr
84. 55 events linked together into a Sequence Only one sequence can be created When two or more events have been moved into a Sequence cell they can be linked into a sequence by assigning the action Advance the sequence to events in the chain The last event in a sequence is then usually assigned the action Trigger There are two ways to assign an action to an event button Right click on an event button and select Specify Action from the pop up menu Double click on the event button and then select an action from the Properties dialog box Assigning an Action from the Pop up Menu To assign an action to an event button via the pop up menu Step 1 Right click on the button A pop up menu appears Global State active at all times Error NO ACTION Specify Action s Trigger Add Counter Filter In Move Event To k Filter Out Restart All Copy Event To k izi Delete This Ewent External Trigger Pulse HIGH External Trigger Pulse LOW Properties External Trigger Pulse TOGGLE Properties Step 2 Select Specify Action and then an action from the sub menu The menu closes and the action is assigned Global State active at all times EUN TRIGGER Ig Eli D i LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Assigning an Action via the Properties Dialog Box LeCroy Corporation Step 1 You can also assign actions to event buttons via the Properties dialog box
85. 57 BB5 ps 06 706 548 857 40 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Edit or Clear Marker To clear or edit comments associated with a Frame marker Step 1 Click on Frame for the chosen packet Frame 646 Show Hide Link Tracker Show Raw 10b Codes Clear marker f ae Time From Trigger Fra Ge Time From Marker Fra Format 4 ht D Color k Step 2 To edit the marker comment select Edit Marker The Edit Marker for Frame comment window appears Edit Marker for Frame 116446 X a mE Port Press Ctrl Enter to insert a line break Cancel Step 3 Edit the comment as desired Step 4 Click OK Step 5 To clear a marker click Clear marker The vertical red Marker bar disappears 41 LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Timing Calculations on Markers 42 Markers can be used as reference points to calculate timing between events To perform a timing calculation select Reports gt Timing Calculations and then click the Markers buttons to select the markers you want to use for the calculation Afterwards click Calculate to calculate the timing between the marked events Timing Calculator eee xj From beginning of To End of zal rame 221 47 Frame Y 221 50 Marker Frame 22147 Host opens co Marker v Frame 22150 Marker 1 Time v 121 8292517850 secs Time 121 8292522425 secs Total Time 457 500 nanoseconds v
86. 7 4CFDD o reben Step 2 Give the recording a unique name and save it to the appropriate directory 18 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Probe Control Settings LeCroy analyzers are designed to interface with the communications channel in a non intrusive manner to minimize any distruption of traffic or error conditions due to insertion of the analyzer In some cases the user may desire to adjust the probe settings to achieve a more optimum balance of complete data capture with minimal traffic disruption and for that reason direct user access is provided to the probe control settings The probe control dialog provides several user adjustable settings for the probe performance which vary depending on the model Avalanche or SAS Tracer Modification of these settings occur in real time and do not require cycling the power or uploading new firmware Avalanche To access probe control setting for an Avalanche System select Probe Control from the Systems Setup menu File Setup Record Generate Tracker View Tools Help ETS Display Options l St Recording Options UPAS 10K Sl Recording Options amp valanche alan ana oo mer he ARE L JE IE FT Er ques ee rl je Tracker Options Update Device Probe Control SASTracer SN 400 Channel Settings SASTracker SM 600 S456G4nalyzer SN 600 Za Analyzer Network All Connected Devices
87. 807 237 132599 00 354 807 585 132600 00 354 816 745 132503 P 0 FIS Data Bytes 8192 00 354 817 110 132610 00 354 907 380 132615 P 0 FIS Data Bytes 8192 00 354 907 745 132616 SATA ACY Primitives 3411 00 354 338 660 132619 P 0 FIS Data Bytes 8192 00 354 999 027 132622 SATA RACY Primitives 3492 00 355 092 070 132625 P 0 FIS Data Bytes 8192 nn 366 na AAR 129699 CATA BA Primitives 2979 Window Layout The Frame Tracker window divides into two areas Toolbar Presents buttons for changing data format Main Display Area Displays traffic chronologically as it occurred in the recording The window divides into columns the first column shows time and traffic is shown on a channel by channel basis in the columns on the right 141 Version 6 25 142 SATASuite User Manual Frame Tracker Buttons The Frame Tracker window has a row of buttons for changing the format of the displayed data and for exporting data HE a The buttons have the following functions E Full Screen amp Zoom In oynchronize Trace View Synchronizes the Trace View Q Zoom Out and Frame Tracker windows so that a move in one window repositions the other View Options Opens a menu ma with three options Collapsible Idle Time Tooltip Display and Reset Column Widths See View Options Menu below for descriptions View Options Menu Clicking the View Options button WE causes a menu to open with options for
88. ATASuite LeCroy Corporation 225 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Updating the Software License A current License agreement with LeCroy entitles the analyzer owner to continued technical support and access to software updates as they are published on the LeCroy website If your license expires a License Key must be obtained by LeCroy refer to the contact information at the back of this manual Once the License Key is obtained follow these steps to install it Step 1 From the Help menu select Update License The Update License dialog appears Step 2 Enter the path and filename for the License key or use the Browse button to navigate to the directory that contains the License Key Step 3 Select the lic file and then click Update Device 226 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Limited Hardware Warranty LeCroy Corporation How to Contact LeCroy Type of Service Contact Call for technical US and 1 800 909 2282 support Canada Worldwide 1 408 653 1260 Fax your questions Worldwide 1 408 727 6622 Write a letter LeCroy Protocol Solutions Group Customer Support 3385 Scott Blvd Santa Clara CA 95054 USA supportGCATC com http www lecroy com Limited Hardware Warranty So long as you or your authorized representative you or your fully complete and return the registration card LeC provided with the applicable hardware product or peripheral roy
89. Band style cables there is no need to use cross over cable Both cables above are straight LeCroy Corporation 13 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual LeCroy Analyzer with Internal SATA Connectors SS002MAA amp SS003MAA When using original single lane SATA style module SS002MAA amp SS003MAA with devices that utilize single lane SATA style connectors the special octopus cable must be used The SATA connector side of the octopus cables would be attached to the analyzer see Figure 10 Figure 10 Test Setup With DUT Requiring External 4 Lane Connector Intitiator 4X External Single lane Tracer Plug in Target 4X External E c T D n o 8 o L E o E a Target cable is cross over Note The target side must be a cross over cable 14 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Installing the SATASuite Software Once the SATA Analyzer has been recognized as a USB device install the SATASuite software on the Host PC Step 1 On the PC run setup on the installation CD and follow the on screen instructions The SATASuite software will install on the PC hard disk Step 2 To start the application launch the LeCroy SATASuite program from the Start menu Start gt Programs gt LeCroy gt LeCroy SATASuite The SATASuite program opens File Setup Record Generate NJracker View Tools Help IS RE YAE ent Ra le 8 2 8 26 20 M EEE OEM ub 3S E E o ss w jm BA
90. D TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ANY WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE FROM ANY COURSE OF DEALING COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR TRADE USAGE SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS SO THE PRECEDING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU LECROY DOES NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY BEYOND THE REMEDIES SET FORTH IN THIS LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT OR FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY LIABILITY FOR THIRD PARTY CLAIMS AGAINST YOU FOR DAMAGES PRODUCTS NOT LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 BEING AVAILABLE FOR USE OR FOR LOST DATA OR SOFTWARE LECROY S LIABILITY TO YOU MAY NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE PRODUCT THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF A CLAIM SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE PRECEDING EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU The limited warranty on a Product may be transferred for the remaining term if the then current owner transfers ownership of the Product and notifies LeCroy of the transfer You may notify LeCroy of the transfer by writing to Technical Support at LeCroy 3385 Scott Blvd Santa Clara CA 95054 USA or by email at support catc com Please include the transferring owner s name and address the name and address of the new owner the date of transfer and the Product serial number LeCroy Corporat
91. Double click on an event button to open the properties dialog box Event Properties t pipe pepe prop rig Label Channels v All p gripe pra prp fre Count F NOT Match on the opposite of this event x l Error Actions Packet Type Align Frequency CRC Disparity Delimiter Symbol Encoding Alignment Desc Any occurrence on channels 11 T1 12 T2 I3 T3 I4 or T4 of any of the selected Errors Step 2 Select the Actions tab Step 3 Assign an action See Types of Properties Dialog Boxes on page 60 for further details on Properties dialog boxes Global State active at all times Global State active at all times pa pipe prz po prop fre b New Event Properties Error Specify Actionis Add Counter Move Event To k Copy Event To k x Delete This Event Properties 55 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Types of Pop up Menus Global State Cell and Sequence Cell Pop up Menus Event Pop up Menu 56 The pop up menu are context sensitive and will display different options depending on the object you have clicked If you click on the Global State Cell or Sequence Cell but not one of the buttons inside them you will get the following pop up menu New Event Brings up a menu of Eventtypes This is the same menu that appears when you click the New Event button on the toolbar Pr
92. DwO EE HE MM DE DE EE PC 2e rende Q LOQIII Dew Head Cyl High Cyl Low Sector Humber Dwi EX RS Features exp Cyl High exp Cyl Lowf expl Sector Hum exp Dw2 AAA aa a a a A aaa h a A eaa Contral Reserved Sector Count exp Sector Count Dw3 XXXI ONCOL Reserved o Reserved o Reserved o Reserved 0 Dud A ARMA MMAR AAA AAA AAA AA ARMA MARSA AAA Note that some of the data fields have drop down menus To see which fields have menus position your mouse pointer over the blue field headings If the pointer changes into a hand then the heading will present a menu if it is clicked FIS e 10101111 Sector Number LeCroy Corporation FIS Type im Register Host to Device Register Device to Host Set Device Bits DMA Activate DMA Setup BIST Activate PIO Setup Data Route OFF vendor FIS 65 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual ATA Commands ATA Commands are presented in a single dialog box ATA Presents several options n Commands Presents a long list of ATA Commands Selecting a command will cause Dialog the analyzer to search for the selected command Features A text box for entering a value Sector Count A text box for entering a Sector Count value LBA Mode Select the radio button then enter a value Sector Cylinder Dev Head Mode Select the radio button then enter values into the text boxes Event Properties x a pri pera e prop 1 Command Gort commands by na
93. E Causes the event send an external signal out through the External Out port on the back of the CATC 10K The shape of the signal Pulse HIGH Pulse LOW or Pulse TOGGLE must be the same for all events sending out such signal This means that if you change the output signal for one event it will automatically change the signal for all other events sending output signals Properties Displays the Action Properties dialog for the selected state 58 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual New Events Menu To add new Event buttons to the Available Events area click the New Events button A menu opens with the following categories LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 Primitives FIS ATA Commands Data Pattern Bus Conditions and OOB Signals Errors Breakout Board Data Timer 59 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Types of Properties Dialog Boxes Properties Dialog Box General Features 60 Each cell and button has a properties dialog box that allows refinement of the options being set Properties dialog boxes can be opened by e Double clicking a button or cell e Right clicking a button and selecting Properties from the pop up menu Clicking the Properties button on the toolbar Properties dialog boxes exist for all items in the Recording Rules page the event buttons action buttons Global State cell and Sequence cells Properties Dialog boxes share several features an Icon preview a Label Icon Ch
94. ED RESERVED RESERVED 5V 0000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000 O SATASuite User Manual Prototype The Breakout Board contains a prototype rework area for making custom circuits for rapid Rework development The area consists of plated through holes 20 columns wide by 27 rows Area long The top row of holes is connected to GND and the bottom row is connected to 5V The remaining holes are not connected Use the rework area to insert custom components and wire wrap their respective signal power and ground pins 124 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Configuring Input Signaling through the Breakout Board LeCroy Corporation To configure the analyzer to trigger on an input signal from the breakout board perform the following steps Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Select Setup gt Recording Rules to open the Recording Options dialog The Recording Rules page will display Click the New Events button to open the New Events menu Select Breakout Board Data from the New Events menu This Will cause a button to appear in the Available Events area The button will be labeled Breakout Board Drag the new button to the Global State Cell or to the cell faintly marked Dr
95. FIS Layer Decodes and displays FIS layer transactions Command ATA Decodes and displays ATA Application layer transactions Layer Hide Hides packet types SATA FIS types SATA FIS ports transport level FIS types or FIS ports SCSI commands or initiators targets management function codes ATA commands ATAPI commands and ATA ports Switches display of the Tool bar on or off Displays all open windows in an overlapping arrangement Tile Horizontal Displays all open windows as a series of strips horizontally across the display Tile Vertical Displays all open windows as a series of strips vertically down the display Arranges minimized windows at the bottom of the display Displays a list of open windows 30 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Help Topics Opens online help Update License Opens a dialog box for entering license key information for the analyzer Register Product Register at the LeCroy website Online Check for Updates Use the Internet to analyze your system for licensed updates Display License Opens a dialog box with information about the current status of Information the analyzer s license About Displays version information about SATASuite LeCroy Corporation 31 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Toolbar SHRASE PMl ent AR g x MA EJ h A d e ubi Fe Ps e i0 4D 9 2 3 9 2 02 I4 E P m P2 SSW The Tool Bar provides quick access to most of
96. G ON CONNECTION AIP WAITING ON DEVICE AIP WAITING ON PARTIAL BREAK BROADCAST CHANGE BROADCAST RESERVED 0 BROADCAST RESERVED 1 BROADCAST RESERVED 2 OL X A BROADCAST RESERVED 3 BROADCAST RESERVED 4 BROADCAST RESERVED CHANGE 0 BROADCAST RESERVED CHANGE 1 CLOSE CLEAR AFFILIATION CLOSE NORMAL CLOSE RESERVED 0 CLOSE RESERVED 1 ERROR HARD RESET OPEN ACCEPT OPEN REJECT BAD DESTINATION OPEN REJECT CONNECTION RATE NOT SUPPORTED OPEN REJECT NO DESTINATION OPEN REJECT PATHWAY BLOCKED OPEN REJECT PROTOCOL NOT SUPPORTED OPEN REJECT RESERVED ABANDON 0 OPEN REJECT RESERVED ABANDON 1 OPEN REJECT RESERVED ABANDON 2 OPEN REJECT RESERVED ABANDON 3 OPEN REJECT RESERVED CONTINUE 0 OPEN REJECT RESERVED CONTINUE 1 OPEN REJECT RESERVED INITIALIZE 0 OPEN REJECT RESERVED INITIALIZE 1 OPEN REJECT RESERVED STOP 0 OPEN REJECT RESERVED STOP 1 OPEN REJECT RETRY LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 OPEN REJECT STP RESOURCES BUSY OPEN REJECT WRONG DESTINATION DONE ACK NAK TIMEOUT DONE CREDIT TIMEOUT DONE NORMAL DONE RESERVED 0 DONE RESERVED 1 DONE RESERVED TIMEOUT 0 DONE RESERVED TIMEOUT 1 SAS Specific Script Defined Constants SAS AF DT NO DEVICE ATTACHED SAS AF DT END DEVICE SAS AF DT EDGE EXPANDER DEVICE SAS AF DT FANOUT EXPANDER DEVICE SAS AF FT IDENTIFY SAS AF FT OPEN SAS AF PROTOC
97. LeCroy PROTOCOL SOLUTIONS GROUP 3385 SCOTT BLVD SANTA CLARA CA 95054 LeCroy SATASuite User Manual for SATracer and SATrainer systems MODEL SAS09 MA SAS SATA Analyzer Model IO000 mV CAT MODEL SAS001ma SAS SATA Exerciser INTIATOR TARGET INITIATOR TARGET i TO INITIATOR TOTA RGET Th TI aide NNNN NN 3 AN NN Ne TARGET acria INITIATOR User Manual Version 6 26 For Software Version 6 26 September 2009 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Document Disclaimer The information in this document has been carefully checked and is believed to be reliable However no responsibility can be assumed for inaccuracies that may not have been detected LeCroy reserves the right to revise the information in this document without notice or penalty Trademarks and Servicemarks LeCroy CATC SATASuite SATracer SATrainer SATracker InFusion and BusEngine are trademarks of LeCroy Microsoft Windows Windows 2000 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Inc All other trademarks are property of their respective companies Copyright Copyright 2009 LeCroy All Rights Reserved This document may be printed and reproduced without additional permission but all copies should contain this copyright notice This electronic product is subject to disposal and recycling regulations that vary by country and region Many countries prohibit the disposal of waste el
98. Level view showing its constituent Transport Layer Transactions and Frames Mgt Transaction Initiator SAS Address Target SAS Address 1 5002037E 157FECB3 500805EB BCC55C65 Transaction SMP Request 5 RPT MFG INFO Frame TE Type Function TimeDelta SMP Request RPT MFG INFO ACCEPTED SMP Request RPT MFG INFO 1 947 ps You can also get additional information on fields by holding your mouse over selected fields as shown in the following example Initiator SAS Address Target SAS Address 5002037E _157FEC63 Al ennenses RoC5 amp CRR Le The 5A5 address ofthe initiator port L E PE EEA for this operation LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 OOB Out of Band Signaling View The OOB view combines OOB scenarios establishing link speed negotiation etc into a simplified and integrated view These scenarios typically occur at power on and after hardware resets as devices initialize and initiate communications The trace view below shows the default trace display as a target and host attempt to initiate communication The target powers on first and starts sending COMINIT repeatedly in fact in this example over 1400 times When the initiator powers on it also sends COMINIT and then in this example which uses SAS devices both devices immediately respond with COMSAS to identify themselves as SAS devices and then proceed to speed negotiation For SATA devices no COMSAS OOB will be seen
99. ODE Signal All LOB Signal Undetermined DB Signal COMWAKE ODE Signal COMRESET i ELECTRIC IDLE OFF ELECTRIC IDLE ON SATA Frame Direction Foward C Backward OIFIS Part Number Channel i zd Uncheck All Top of the screen EE Last match Combining specified Start of the file Svein Gets End of the file f Union Frames that match ANY af the specified Find Al Sue Intersection Frames Search In Hidden that match ALL of the specified events Exclusion Frames that DO MOT match opposite to the intersection or union Cancel The Find window divides into three areas Left area Display options for setting the search level direction and origin The top left box is context sensitive In order for the Transactions SCSI Operations and Management Transactions to be active you will need to decode these levels in the trace The left area includes two options at the bottom Find All Finds all specified events and extracts the results to a new window Search in Hidden Searches for specified events in all of the trace including in traffic currently hidden from the display via the Hide buttons Center area Controls the event groups to be searched The selection you make will display further choices on the right side of the Find window At the bottom are three options called Union Intersection and Exclusion that are used with multi criteria searches These options are
100. OL SMP SAS AF PROTOCOL SSP SAS AF PROTOCOL STP SAS AF PROTOCOL UNKNOWN SAS AF RATE 1 5 GBPS SAS AF RATE 3 GBPS SMP FRAME TYPE REQUEST SMP FRAME TYPE RESPONSE SMP REPORT GENERAL SMP REPORT MANUFACTURER INFO SMP DISCOVER SMP REPORT PHY ERROR LOG SMP REPORT PHY SATA SMP REPORT ROUTE INFO SMP CONFIGURE ROUTE INFO SMP PHY CONTROL SSP FRAME TYPE DATA SSP FRAME TYPE XFER RDY SSP FRAME TYPE COMMAND SSP FRAME TYPE RESPONSE SSP FRAME TYPE TASK SSP FRAME TYPE VENDOR 181 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Wait Syntax WAIT FOR lt command1 gt lt command2 gt lt group1 gt lt group2 gt Commands WF TIMEOUT Timeout Credit Available When WF TIMEOUT is requested in WAIT FOR command the wait session will be released after timeout has elapsed The Timeout value can be set two different ways 1 Through the global WaitTimeout setting that can appear anywhere in generation Default value is 1000 microsec onds Syntax Set WaitTimeout lt value gt in microseconds 2 Through local WaitTimeout value for this specific wait session Syntax WAIT FOR lt number_of_microseconds gt WF TIMEOUT other wait commands In this case wait for other commands will be released no later then after number of microseconds but global Wait Timeout value remains unchanged for future use See Generation Include WaitCommands inc in your SAS Tracer program folder for the samples of syntax EE 182 LeC
101. OPEN RESPONSE WF OPEN ACCEPT WF OPEN REJECT WF ALIGN WF ALIGN 0 WF ALIGN 1 WF ALIGN 2 WF ALIGN 3 LeCroy Corporation 19 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Wait Command Group Group Contents WF NOTIFY WF NOTIFY ENABLE SPINUP WF NOTIFY RESERVED 0 WF NOTIFY RESERVED 1 WF NOTIFY RESERVED 2 WF BROADCAST WF BROADCAST CHANGE WESROAXNST RESERVED CHANGE WF BROADCAST RESERVED CHANGE 1 192 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Predefined Constants GENMOE ERROR 00 0 MODE ERROR BN SE MODE SATA DERE 2 ES GEN LINK SPEED 1 5G COR SCRAMBLING MODE NONE EN SCRAMBLING MODE SAS SCRAMBLING MODE SATA LeCroy Corporation 193 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Generation Settings Default Setting Value Description Global Settings GenerationMode gt gt gt gt gt Generation Mode must be defined or no generation will take place Possible Values GEN MODE SATA HOST GEN MODE SATA DEVICE GEN MODE SAS INITIATOR GEN MODE SAS TARGET Default Value GEN MODE ERROR undefined mode SSC Spread Spectrum Clocking mode for SATA Can only be set outside Generation block MultiSpeedMode When set the change of speed within Generation block is allowed with following syntax set Speed LINK SPEED 1 5G LINK SPEED 3G Output Disable This very poorly named register bit forces the Trainer to output data It is a little like the output on scrip
102. Opens a calculator for measuring timing between Frames Show Data Block Opens a dialog for navigating to data blocks within Frames and Transactions Once a data block is located the window can display the data in a variety of formats Opens the SAS Auditor dialog Decode Buttons Fra Fis Decode amp display Link Layer Frames amp Primitives Decode amp display FIS Layer Hide Buttons x pe me e LeCroy Corporation Hide Align and Notify Primitives Hide RRDY Primitives Hide SATA Sync Cont Primitives Hide Unassociated Traffic Version 6 25 Traffic Summary Opens a window displaying a table summary of traffic recorded in the trace Bus Utilization Presents a graphical summary of traffic in the trace Show Link Tracker Opens window with detailed chronological view of traffic on a Primitive by Primitive basis Show Frame Tracker Opens window with detailed chronological view of traffic on a Frame by Frame basis Opens a dialog that allows you to select and run verification scripts Decode amp display ATA Application Layer Decode amp Display OOB Out of Band Signaling Decode amp display TrC Layer Hide Initiator Channel 1 Hide Target Channel 1 33 Version 6 25 34 Multisegment Trace File Buttons SATASuite User Manual These buttons become active if a multi segmented trace file has been opened Multi segment traces are traces that have been recorded as a series of
103. P COMINIT NegLen COMINIT IdleLen u COMINIT BurstLen COMINIT NumBursts LeCroy Corporation The number of bursts to send as part of this OOB type Each Burst is followed by an Idle The Burst Idle pairs are repeated the requested number of times and then followed by the Negation length of Idle Burst time between each OOB idle in OOBls During the specified period the generator will send ALIGN O at the specified speed Idle time between each OOB burst in OOBls During the specified period the generator will keep the line at electric idle Negation time at the end of the OOB signal in OOBls During the specified period the generator will keep the line at electric idle 195 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Default Setting Value Description COMWAKE Settings COMWAKE_NegLen The number of bursts to send as part of this OOB type Each Burst is followed by an Idle The Burst Idle pairs are repeated the requested number of times and then followed by the Negation_length of Idle COMWAKE_IdleLen 160 Burst time between each OOB idle in OOBls During the specified period the generator will send ALIGN O at the specified speed COMWAKE BurstLen Idle time between each OOB burst in OOBls During the specified period the generator will keep the line at electric idle COMWAKE_NumBursts Negation time at the end of the OOB signal in OOBls During the specified period the generator will keep the line at
104. Record Generate Report Search View Tools Window Help lal x lauma s H e z g222 x mb DLOfeWns Fra Ta sem wet d d d2 d2 d3 3 d 2 Q 4 E J mo s s w GEN MODE SATA Host SSC is ON CONFIGURATION AutoOOB AutoHOLD AutoDMAT AutoHndShk AutoSpdNeg ON AutoAlignSATA AutoAlignSAS 8 160 460 8 amp 0 OOB Settings COMWAKE Num Bursts Burst Length ldle Length 8 o o 20 8 160 1440 2400 Generation Script Editor x tales e 5 oe e E SIM S sc xj i This S STrainer generation script is exported from the trace file C Program Files CATC SaSTracer Sample Files data sas Frames O to 100 include Generation lIncludeSettings inc include Generation Include PrimitivesDecl inc include Generation Include AddressFramesDecl inc include Generation Include SSPFramesDecl inc 9 include Generation Include SMPFramesDecl inc Deus c9 D EE 11 Set GenerationMode GEN MODE SATA HOST 12 Set Speed LINK SPEED 1 5G Generation The Script Editor divides into three areas the toolbar the script window and the file tabs at the bottom of the window If errors occur a log will open at the bottom of the window 157 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Toolbar The toolbar contains buttons for saving your edits navigating searching and other functions IE HE NN The buttons have the following functions
105. Single Initiator and Target connectors Type for transmission only LeCroy Corporation 231 SATASuite User Manual Probing Characteristics Model S8004MAA Connector Type 2 pairs SAS External 4 lane Connector Non intrusive tap samples the signal without re driving the differential lines high value resistors contribute to reduction in amplitude 15 Repeater tap re drives the signal at either SAS high swing or SATA low swing voltages does not re time the signal Recording Memory Size 2 GBytes for trace capture timing and control information Host PC Requirements Operating System Switches Power Manual Trigger LEDs CATC 10K Status STATUS Recording REC Triggered TRG UPloading UPLD SATracer Plug in Module Status STATUS Windows 98SE Windows 2000 Windows ME or Windows XP On off When pressed triggers the end of the recording Illuminated when the analyzer is powered on Illuminates for approximately 25 seconds during initialization power up of the CATC 10K base unit If this LED blinks following initialization this is an indication that initialization failed Illuminated when the analyzer is actively recording traffic data Illuminated during power on testing and when the analyzer has detected a valid trigger condition Illuminated when the analyzer is uploading its recording memory to the Host PC for displaying the CATC trace Illuminates when there is tra
106. Step 3 Drag the event button to the cell marked Global State LE 55F Frame Head Step 4 Right click on the button i e not the Lud Global State cell A pop up menu SSP Information Unit appears SMP RequestiResponse Step 5 Select Trigger from the menu An ATA Commands arrow will project from the error button ATAPI C d and point to a cell marked Trigger A slg SATA Data Pattern 545 Data Pattern Bus Conditions and OOB Signals Breakout Board Data Timer 72 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Filter In and Filter Out Creating Multiple Event Conditions in the Global State Cell When multiple buttons are placed in the Global Cell it creates an AND condition or an OR condition depending on the actions selected Creating an OR Condition When two or more buttons in the Global State cell are assigned the same action the analyzer will search for all of the events and perform the action on which ever event it sees first The example below illustrates It reads Trigger if an error or a primitive occurs Global State active at all times Error TRIGGER D E ie Ed ie D i TRIGGER Creating an AND Condition When multiple events are placed in the Global State cell and assigned different actions an AND statement is created The example below reads Trigger if an error occurs AND filter out any primitives that occur Global State active at all times Ed TRIGGER n fri fra p
107. Utilization or click the button marked iil A window opens like the one shown below Bus Utilization scsi_ios_4links sas HOS BM e ea RAF Bawa Pending SCSI lOs CHI1 T1 E amp Pending SCSI 10s CHI2 T2 E amp Pending SCSI 10s CHI3 T3 O amp Pending SCSI lOs CHI4 T4 DA Fao MUI NEW e T to SCSI 10 554 ee ET s EMI J oo SV OOO E 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1 000 1 100 1 200 1 300 1 400 1 300 2 000 Time bo 2700 Tels d uj err ee te 4 Zoom to Trace View Y Scale Type gt Hide 300 2 000 Time ms Properties gt 900 1 000 1 100 1 200 1 300 1 400 1 600 700 800 Window Layout The Bus Utilization window divides into two areas e Graph Area Displays graphs Initiallv no graphs will be displayed To display one or more graphs click 1 and make a selection from the menu See Graph Areas Menu on page 133 for an explanation of the types of graphs listed in this menu Min Max Avg Area Displays the minimum maximum and average values for several parameters Data is available only after you have displayed the relevant graph After displaying a graph the Min Max Avg information is calculated and is thereafter available to the user even if the graph is closed The user can close this section by clicking l and deselecting Statistics Accumulation from the menu 130 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 LeCroy Corporation Bus Utilizat
108. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXEmWENTME m d U Sector Count exp a ami 2 E Status Reserwe Data DWI XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Houte NUT Rezerwed TransFe OFF vendor FIS Match an the opposite Dwd KHAN ARAM AAO of this event Desc Any occurence an channels 11 T1 12 T2 I3 T3 I4 ar T4 af the specified FIS PIO Setup Actions Tab The Actions tab opens a page of options for setting triggers and other actions on the selected events Event Properties A PIO Setup FIS Actions Internal Triggering x E Sequencing C Advance Sequence Trigger Analyzer Restart Sequence C Restart All None Label External Triggering Pio Setup C Pulse High Channels v AI C Pulse L Filtering ulse Low p Eripe raf fray fr Filter In C Pulse Toggle goo p None C Filter Out None NOT Match on the opposite of this event Desc Any occurence en channels I1 T1 12 T2 13 T3 14 ar T4 of the specified FIS PIO Setup LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Event Properties Dialog Boxes Descriptions Each Event button has a different Properties dialog box and each Properties dialog box has a different set of options This section describes the Event Properties dialog boxes and their options To see a menu of events click the New Events button The events are Primitives Primitive Categories Primitives Open Address Fram
109. ag an event here to add another state The Global State Cell allows you to set conditions that are globally true i e always enabled The cell marked Drag an event here to add another state is used to create event sequences i e chains of events leading to a trigger or other action For further explanation see Assigning an Action on page 53 Right click on the Breakout Board button to open a pop up menu 125 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Step 6 Select Properties from the pop up menu The Properties dialog Opens General Channel Settings Recording Rules Channels D Mewevent imi Ey ex a a Specify Actionis Move Event To kr Copy Event To k 4 Delete This Event Properties Event Properties B x Breakout Board Actions a Mask Match Breakout Board Label Breakout Board D esc the specified Breakout Board Data Step 7 If you want to configure the analyzer to trigger on a specific bit pattern enter it in the box marked ByteO Alternatively you can enter a hex pattern and mask into the boxes marked Mask and Match If no pattern is specified the analyzer will trigger on ANY input signal Step 8 Click the tab marked Actions Step 9 In the Internal Triggering section select Trigger Analyzer The analyzer is now configured to trigger on an input signal 126 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 9 Reports The Report
110. al State cell 201 Version 6 25 202 SATASuite User Manual Step 4 Right click on the new event button and select Specify Action s A Step 5 Step 6 menu appears showing the letters A through F and the option No action TE x Generation Rules D Newevent W _ f Q a eA Config is valid Global State active at all times Primitive NO ACTION B 1 Move Event To b Copy Event To b c D W Delete This Event E Properties F No Action Click to Select Right Click for menu Double Click for Properties Save Save s Defaut Load Select a letter from the menu Global State active at all times The menu closes The event button should now point to a neighboring button that has the letter value you assigned Once the condition has been defined you can then add the Wait For command line with whatever letter you assigned to your script For example Wait For WF REC RESOURCES OUTPUT A LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 13 SATracker Systems The SATracker Command Analyzer option for SATracer systems is designed to track commands in a SATA network that can involve up to 8 initiators and up to 128 targets Within this matrix SATracker will track all commands issued and completed included queue depths up to 16 bits Product Configurations SATracker capability is supported on the same hardware modul
111. al between the first and second events I2 tL TELA ILI LII AVR RI AVR REI AVR REI AVR REI ri Ir 06 625 761 O66 06 625 761 09 06 625 761 120 06 625 761 14 Time from selected 00 000 000 053 06 625 761 1 Hiding Traffic You can hide Aligns Channels and other data from the Frame Tracker window by clicking the Hide buttons on the toolbar in the Trace window amp amp D or by selecting one or more of the various Hide options in the Display Options dialog box Searching When the Trace view and Frame Tracker windows are synchronized the Find and Go To options in the Search menu will apply to the Frame Tracker window The Trace and Frame Tracker windows can be synchronized by selecting the Synchronize button Bal Zooming in and Out Zooming out provides a high level view of a trace This allows users to display more events on screen Cell coloring can be used to distinguish between different types of traffic on the bus 143 LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual 144 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 10 Networking A A SATracer SATracer USB Ethernet LAN TCP IP SATASuite has networking and cascading functions that are described in this chapter Cascading Allows two to four SATracer analyzers be linked or cascaded together into a single synchronized logical unit in order to increase the number
112. an set the Decay from 0 to 7 The default setting is Off for Output Pre Long The default setting is 4 for Output Pre Short Output Power The output power is available in eight steps from 626 mV to a maximum of 1294 mV The default setting is 808 mV Qutput Power Ox E Terminate To VOD Level You can Terminate to VDD LeCroy Corporation 21 Version 6 25 22 Input State You can Terminate to VDD Input State 0x11 E Terminate To YOO Input LOS You can set LOS Threshold from 0 to 7 The default value is 2 Input LOS Ux12 E Ehreshald Output State You can set the Mode from O to 15 The default value is 5 You can Enable LOS Forwarding Output State 0x23 v Enable LOS Forwarding Mode SATASuite User Manual LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 SAS Tracer Systems LeCroy Corporation To access probe control settings for a SAS Tracer System select Probe Control from the Setup menu If there s more than one analyzer Ele Setup Record Generate ven Help connected the user will have an E ES Ditolay Options option to select Probe Control EX gp poo BecydngOptons JM Settings for each device individually ot dE lak locaoe ioe SAS Tracer SM 5700 Update SEF vi Probe Control The Port Settings and OOB Idle Sensitivity are only available when the SAS analyzer system is operating in Repeater mode The Plug
113. and acquires a title like Sequence 1 State 2 To link the two events into a sequence right click on the first event in our example the Primitive event button Be sure to click on the event button and not on the cell A pop up menu appears LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Step 8 Select Specify Action s A sub menu opens Step 9 Select Advance the Sequence The menu closes and an arrow appears that connects this cell to the State cell below Step 10 Right click on the Timer button A pop up menu appears Step 11 Select Specify Action s A sub menu opens Step 12 Select Trigger The menu closes and an arrow appears that connects the Timer button to a new cell to the right marked Trigger Step 13 To set the duration of the Timer double click on the Timer button A dialog box appears Event Properties T imer Actions Timer 3 000s Secs Millizecs Micrasecs Manosec E fo fo fo Label Actual Value j i ES SS D esc 000s time out Step 14 Enter a time value in the boxes Step 15 Click the x to close the dialog box The timer is now set LeCroy Corporation 79 Version 6 25 80 SATASuite User Manual Recording Options General Channel Settings Recording Rules Channels 48 Newevent W Ol Sae Global State active at all times ALIGN NOTIF Y FILTER OUT fii in 3 prep E ie I3 al INQUIRY ae igri errore pura i TRIGGER puri e prop prop pru pu Eripe prop prs pu
114. and post trigger recording in a Conventional recording It also allows adjustment of the location of the trigger within the defined buffer You can adjust the Triggering Position between 1 and 99 post Trigger Trigger Position is available only when Manual Trigger or Event Trigger is selected as Recording type Trigger Position Mat used with snapshot As an example if the buffer size is set to 16MB then for the following Trigger Position settings the amount of pre and post Trigger data is e 95 post triggering 0 8MB pre trigger 15 2MB post trigger e 75 post triggering 4MB pre trigger 12MB post trigger e 50 post triggering 8MB pre trigger 8MB post trigger e 25 post triggering 12MB pre trigger 4MB post trigger e 5 post triggering 15 2MB pre trigger 0 8MB post trigger Note When a Trigger occurs recording continues until the post Trigger amount of the buffer is filled Note The buffer is limited to 1 GB when in trainer mode configuration 45 Version 6 25 File Structure for Segmented Files 46 SATASuite User Manual Save As Multisegment Trace This option causes the analyzer to segment the trace into multiple files and create an index file called data mlt that summarizes the starting and finishing frame for each segment M Save As Multisegment Trace 54 ME segments 4 128 This option is useful for very large recordings and for host PCs with limited memory In the latter case multi segm
115. annel oettings Negation Counter a Pin button and a Descriptive String Al bin Event x Icon ani Bus Condition Actions gt Button Preview m Bus Conditions DOB Signals PBMWwAKE SATA Frame COMINIT PSMBESET Icon Pini Label rimitive ELECTRIC Channels v All ELECTRIC IDI Channels EEE Bs l Counter Count This condition cannot be fftered Filtering will be disabled if this i adc condition is selected Actions Negation NoT M atch on the opposite Description of this event String Desc Any occurrence on channels 11 T1 12 T2 I3 T3 14 br T4 of any of the selected Bus Condition and OOB Signals Specific EventSettinas Icon Preview The Icon Preview shows what the button currently looks like If you make changes to the Channel settings or the Icon Label these changes will immediately display in the Preview Icon Label A text box for labeling the button Whatever is typed here will appear on the button Channels These controls allow you to select the channel s that the analyzer should search when it is looking for the event Counter A counter tells the analyzer to search for x instances of the selected event For example if you enter 10 the analyzer will count 10 instances of the selected event before it performs whatever action you assign There are only two counts available in the hardware so if you try to assign more than two you will
116. ap Also known as passive tapping this approach silently samples the signal without re driving the differential lines high value resistors contribute to reduction in amplitude 15 Figure 6 Non intrusive tap diagram Analyzer Conditioning Circuitry LeCroy Corporation 11 Version 6 25 12 SATASuite User Manual Repeater Tap In repeater mode the analyzer reproduces the exact patterns it receives on the inbound RX line While the repeater does not re time the signal it does clean up normal reflections that can occur over a full length cable when the analyzer is not in the line Figure 7 Repeater tap diagram Analyzer Conditioning Circuitry Initiator When using the External Connector Module SS004MAA to probe between devices that utilize single lane SATA connectors the special octopus cable must be used The SATA side of the octopus cables would be attached to the devices under test see Figure 8 Figure 8 Test Setup With DUT Requiring Single Lane SATA Connectors wide Tracer Plugin E em a LL T Ce E d 4 Note The initiator side must be a cross over cable LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Figure 9 Test Setup With DUT Requiring External 4 Lane Connector Initiator f 4CExernal fj T serc E 4H External L AES un ma rn E a ur Note When using new External Connector Module 88004MAA with standard 4X External Infini
117. aphic system LeCroy Corporation 87 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual You can also customize the colors by using the options in the Custom tab Standard Custom Colors Red fioo Green o m Blue 110 i Changing To change field formats select an item under the Group and Color column This action Field will enable the formats radio buttons on the right The format types change with respect Formats to the item selected under the Group and Color column For example if Display Units is selected the following displays ee ERD SCSI App Mgmt App Other Protocols Address Frame Primitives SSP Frame SMP Frame Out OF Band Signals STF FIS The following formats are available ata Data Format Bit Order MSE to LSB LSB to MSE Hexadecimal C Decimal Binary F Hiding zu Hidden Note Not every format is available for every item 88 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Hiding Display Options To hide one or more fields in the trace select the appropriate item Hiding from the Group and color column click the checkbox marked Hidden and click the Save button Iw Hidden You can also hide Frames from a trace by selecting the desired options from the checkboxes Level Hiding Options LeCroy Corporation The Level Hiding tab allows you to hide various types of traffic To hide traffic select one or more items f
118. ated link speed is higher or lower than the speed selected in this tab SATracker will not decode the traffic properly The user will know if devices are negotiating successfully by getting clean recordings 209 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Channel These options allow you to inhibit recording on a channel by channel basis Settings Inhibit Inhibits recording of traffic from selected channels For example if you check the option for T1 it means record all channels except for Target channel 1 T1 By selecting the Advanced Options tab the following screen is displayed Tracker Options All devices X General Tracker Options Channel Settings Advanced Options Tracker Sweeping PE ec li Microsecs 0 432 Tracker Under Tracker Sweeping the user may select whether to enable sweeping and the Sweeping sweeping interval Sweeping refers to the rate at which SATracker checks for incomplete commands which have exceeded the timeout trigger period The SATracker BusEngine divides available processing time between the tasks of a processing incoming commands and command terminations and b monitoring for any commands that have exceeded the trigger timeout period If the incoming traffic has a large number of very short commands with little data interspersed or has a large number of complex command termination situations where multiple commands are ended with a single event more time may be needed for command processing i
119. ates for Primitives and Frames The five are e PrimitivesDecl inc e AddressFramesDecl inc e SSPFramesDecl inc e SMPFramesDecl inc e STPFramesDecl inc Each of the Frame templates defines header and field structure The default value for all Frame fields is zero There are three conditions about Frames that need to be kept in mind when configuring Frame generation 1 Frame delimiters need to agree At the present time when defining a Frame make sure that the Frame Prologue and Frame Epilogue agree Do not mix types For example do not mix a SAS Start of Frame SOF with a SAS End of Address Frame EOAF A SAS SOF should be matched to a SAS EOF a SAS SOAF should be matched to a SAS EOAF If generating SATA traffic a SATA SOF should be matched to a SATA EOF At the present time if you mix different types of prologues and epilogues for any given Frame the Frame will be ignored 165 Version 6 25 Primitives Decl inc Address FramesDecl inc SSPFrames inc SMPFrames inc STPFrames inc 166 SATASuite User Manual 2 Data Length Fields can be fixed length or variable By default data frames are of a fixed length If you want to generate variable length frames then place an asterisk in the Data definition field in the SSPFramesDecl inc file Data HHHHUHHHHHHHH DATA HHHHHHHHHHHHHEH Data Variable length field can be assigned to an array of DWORDs If you replace the asterisk with a val
120. ation Settings 194 Setting Complex Wait For Conditions 201 Setting Conditions with the Generation Options Dialog 201 Chapter 13 SATracker Systems 203 Product Configurations 203 Theory of Operation 203 Installing the SATracker Command Analyzer 204 Changing the BusEngine 204 Preparing to Track a Command Sequence 206 Tracking Ie zu et NS ay BA Ct on ao Re i 208 MISC OPUS ire d x INE IET aaa Rcs 208 Tracker Archive Memory Size 208 Time Out Triggering Options 208 Command Log Filename 209 Saving Tracker Option Settings 209 Speed SelllhidS 3 segue po Ear act ut e Dai d 209 Channel Settings 210 Tracker Sweeping 210 Viewing Command Log Files 211 LeCroy Corporation vii Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Command Log File Reports 214 Exporting Command Log Files 215 Working with Exported Data Files 216 Creating a Histogram using Microsoft Excel 218 Chapter 14 Updates and Licensing 221 Software Firmware and BusEngine Versions 221 Software Updates
121. be available for viewing Note Catastrophic events such as Bus Resets which result in all commands being terminated are not supported by SATracker Installing the SATracker Command Analyzer Changing the BusEngine 204 The SATracker Command Analyzer option is installed and connected to systems in exactly the same way as the SATracer Protocol Analyzer see Installation on page 7 Both systems reside in the traffic pathway on a SATA link If not already installed the SATASuite software should be installed on the host PC as described in Installing the SATASuite Software on page 15 If the system is being operated as both a SATracer Protocol Analyzer and a SATracker Command Analyzer the BusEngine will need to be changed each time the unit is converted between the two functions As noted previously the same hardware can support both functions but the two functions cannot coexist at the same time If both tracing and tracking are required simultaneously two separate CATC 10K platforms must be used To check which BusEngine is currently loaded select the About option from the Help menu To switch from one BusEngine to the other select the Switch to option under the Setup menu This option will display whenever a SATrainer or SATracker System is connected to the host PC If multiple systems are connected a selection will show for each connected analyzer Make sure that the analyzer you wish to update is connected to t
122. caused by a number of factors the number of channels being recorded the absence of filtering the performance of the host PC for example is it using USB 2 0 to upload traffic and the amount of traffic produced by the devices under test There are several ways to prevent gaps You will need to experiment with your setup to determine what works best for you You might try filtering out primitives turning on data truncation for example to 10 Dwords and filtering out LISMs If you want to record primitives it is recommended that you enable primitive packing LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Channel Settings Speed Settings Channel Settings LeCroy Corporation The Channel Settings page lets you to set speed descrambling and packing options for each channel It also lets you inhibit channel recording x General Channel Settings Recording Rules Channels Speed Settings Links 1 2 3 4 Auto Detect Link Rate INE C 1 5G s Link Rate O e 3 0 G s Link Rate C C Channel Settings Channels HH ae a2 MTS CIN Inhibit m m m m m m m m No Descrambling T F T F T rr No Packing goes MEME Save Save As Default Load The SATracer system supports Autodetect Link Rate which is designed to pass through the speed negotiation signaling allowing the initiator and device to determine the link speed using the method defined in the SATA specification H
123. ck the View Options button uel to open a menu with options for formatting the display Three options are presented Collapsible Idle Time Opens a dialog box for setting the Idle time thresholds Setting a value tells the analyzer when to collapse Idle times and display them as grayed out strips within the Link Tracker window Eres 970 15 idle time 7774 13 ALIGN 0 Tooltip Display Opens a menu with options for adding content to tooltips Tooltips will display when you position the mouse pointer over an item in the Link Tracker window The options are Tooltip Display Values Tooltip Display Scrambled Values Tooltip Displays 10 bit Codes Tooltip Displays Symbols Tooltips Displays Text Decoding The following screenshot shows a tooltip in which all five options have been enabled Initiator Port Protoc Packet O I1 dword 1 10 dwords total Value 8100FFFF Scrambled Value 43D28972 Symbols D03 2 C D18 6 C D09 4 C D18 3 C TextDecoding Initiator Port Protocol Type 10 hit Code 315 136 25D 13C Reset Column Widths This option resets column widths to their defaults and enables columns to resize themselves automatically any time the application window is resized Normally columns will automatically resize themselves if the application window is made larger or smaller However if you manually resize any columns in the Link Tracker window colum
124. cords the frame as an Incomplete Frame This includes STP SATA frames without Start Of Frame and or End Of Frame or frames with shorter payload that is dictated by the protocol The Incomplete frames are marked specifically in the Trace View Here are some examples of Incomplete Frames display Frame Incomplete EE SE Idle Time Stamp 122332 IDENTIFY AF 24 bytes 44 160 ns 00 842 737 540 Frame Incomplete Data Idle Time Stamp 122333 OPEN AF 4 bytes OxC3CF94D0 720 000 ns 00 842 737 677 Incomplete Address frames ime H Packet Error Incomplete i Data TimeDelta NEN 1599 10b Code E SATA FRAME nel 1028 bytes 104 160 us 01 00 348 Incomplete SATA frame LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 LeCroy Corporation When incomplete frames are displayed no field decoding takes place only the raw payload recorded for the incomplete frame is presented However in the Link Tracker some field decoding can be performed if possible part of the frame header is received intact Here are some examples Frame Incomplete Hire gu Idle Time Stamp 122332 IDENTIFYAF AF 5 24 bytes 4 e er 44 160 ns ns 00 842 737540 737 540 Frame Incomplete Data Idle 122333 OPENAF AF 4 bytes 4 bytes OxC3CF94D0 m 720 000 ns 000 720 000 ns 00 842 737 67 Source SAS Address Destination SAS Address 122332 11 SOAF i Identify Type estricte Initiator Ports TargetPorts 12
125. d of the slide bar to select the range of buffer you want uploaded The color in the slide bar indicates pre and post trigger traffic Full Buffer Uploads entire buffer to the PC Upload Selection Uploads whatever range you have selected via the slide bar e Abort Upload eStop Stops the recording and then displays the trace on screen Continue Resumes the recording eFlush Cancels the recording without saving or displaying the trace Once you have interrupted an upload a new button will appear on the toolbar ES This button Re upload opens a dialog box with a slide bar for re selecting the range of the trace that you would like to upload Upload again with new buffer settings X Select new upload range within the recorded buffer D From 2 6 to 5 2 Total upload 26 MB Full buffer Cancel 16 0 LeCroy Corporation 17 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Saving the When the recording session is finished the bus traffic is uploaded to the PC and is Trace automatically saved to the hard drive as a file named data sn sata where sn is the serial number of the 10K chassis or the name you assign as the default filename Frame Tis Time Stamp 06 603 335 690 Frame 1 5 ay TimeDelta Time Stamp n 124 853 us 06 603 335 882 Step 1 To save a current recording for future reference select Save As from the File menu FIS Type Part Data 5196 bytes EGF TimeDelta 045
126. display all but only the most interesting and relevant data The SATASuite software provides powerful search functions that enable investigation and highlighting of specific events In addition to immediate analysis you can print any part of the data Use the Save As feature to save the data on disk for later viewing The program also provides a variety of timing information and data analysis reports Version 6 25 Features SATASuite User Manual Integrated Analyzer Generator and Command Analyzer System Available with One Two or Four 1 5 or 3 0 Gbps SATA analysis ports Serial ATA Recording at 1 5 or 3 0 Gbps sophisticated Triggering Hardware Filtering DWORD Display Internal Single lane or External 4 lane Connector Option Exerciser offers Initiator and Target Emulation Exerciser automatically responds to incoming OOB Command Analyzer option tracks all commands issued in SATA matrix of up to 8 initiators and 128 targets Traffic Summaries Collapsible Expandable Headers Automatic Decoding at Transport Layer SCSI ATA and Management Application Layers Field Upgradeable BusEngine Technology Dynamically Allocated Memory Pool 2 GB 13 month Hardware Warranty All in one platform transmits records and analyzes SATA protocols Monitor trigger and record up to 4 SATA links simultaneously Isolate areas of interest with real time hardware triggering Extend capture window by removing non essential primitives Chronologically
127. e 154 for a discussion on how to use this feature with the SATrainer This option creates EAS files based on the open trace Selecting this option will bring up a screen allowing you to name the files and navigate to the folder that you would like to store the files There are three files created one file with a ecs extension and two files one for each channel with a eas extention The eas files will have 000 ch1 and 000 ch2 appended to the file name you provided Many users might wish to have the trace data exported into a formatted file e g for import into databases or spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel The Transport to CSV Format option provides a means of generating a structured file from trace data captured by SATracer Selecting this option will bring up a screen allowing the user to specify the information from the current file to be exported and the destination file for the exported data 107 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual File Export As CSY Format xl Save in 3 Sample Files e Er 45 test trace fra and tra and mgt csv n3 test trace Fra and tra csy 45 Itest trace fra only cev n4 test trace En csv File csv File name Save as type csv Comma delimited cs L ancel Layer to export Transport Laver Do Not Export Hidden Packets C ATA Application Layer From Ta Frame Do Frame 2 Marker Frame 0 Marker Marker Frame 2732
128. e Bin Data Format Display Creates a column for the specified data format and then displays the currently selected data block in that format Msb so MSB LSB Format Begins the data string with the Most Significant Bit MSB or Least Significant Bit LSB Format Line Opens a dialog box for setting DWORD length The default is 4 dwords Update on scroll Synchronize Options Configures the mouse s scrolling behavior within the View window 99 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual The menu presents three scrolling options Update only on request Locks whatever data block currently is on display in the Data window unless overridden by a direct request There are two ways to make a request by clicking on the buttons or by right clicking in the trace on a data block and selecting View Data Block from the pop up menu Update on click Repositions the Data window to whatever data block you click on in the trace window Update on scroll Synchronizes trace scrolling with the Data window As you scroll the trace the Data window will reposition to show the data block for ER e the Frame at the top of the trace window Scroll to Offset Repositions the Data window to whatever offset you enter in the Offset box You can enter an offset value in decimal or hexadecimal Incomplete Frames Handling and Display 100 If SATracer captures a frame that was not transmitted properly according to the protocol it re
129. e User Manual Recording Rules Page How it Works Selecting Events Selecting a Channel on an Event Button 52 The Recording Rules page can be thought of as a chalk board where you create a graphical model of the events and actions In essence you are creating a visual representation of the rules that 3e 9 Q els the analyzer should follow during a recording iiis Primitive Categories FIS Primitive You can create simple or complex rules ding Bus Conditions and OOB Signals Creating a rule involves three steps Errors Step 1 Select one or more events Breakout Board Data Step 2 Select the channels that the analyzer should record Step 3 Assign an actions to the events Events are selected from the New Event menu NN Step 1 Click the New Event button ati Coane A menu of Events and Event categories displays tete elite Step 2 Select an Event from the menu Once a selection has been made an Event button appears in the Available Events area The Available Events area is an inactive part of the window where buttons can be parked for future use At the bottom of each event button are small buttons that represent analyzer channels Selecting a channel button tells the analyzer which channels to monitor for trigger and filter events Note that deselecting a channel button does not stop the recording on that channel it merely disables actions such as triggers on the channel
130. e are skipped Scrolling in the Link Tracker window in contrast causes small moves in the trace window Scrolling in the Link Tracker window causes the trace window to pause until the start of a packet is displayed At that point the trace window repositions itself While scrolling through idle periods or the contents of a packet the trace window will not move View Options Opens a menu with three options Collapsible Idle 10b Time Tooltip Display and Reset Column Widths See View Options Menu below for descriptions CET Zoom in RD atl Zoom Out Text Collapse Idles By SATASuite User Manual pe fey Sym Ox Ox 10b RD Text Show Values Show Scrambled Values Show 10b Codes Show Symbols Show text decoding of frame header fields Collapse Idles plus Further condenses Link Tracker display to show only first 5 DWORDs of each frame 136 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 View Options Menu Clicking the View Options button NE causes a menu to open with options for formatting the display e Collapsible Idle Time Opens a dialog box for setting the Idle time value By setting a value you tell the analyzer when to collapse Idle times and display them as grayed out strips within the Link Tracker window For example if you had set the Idle time to value x then any time an Idle time exceeded x it would be displayed as a gray strip across the Link Tracker window e Tooltip Displa
131. econd sample which corresponds to the 1 33 MHz internal clock frequency Event Properties Xx p Timer Actions Timer 3 0005 Secs Millizecs Micrasecs Manosecs jo fo fo Label Actual Value 3 0 0 S 6 334 Desc 3 000 time aut LeCroy Corporation 69 Version 6 25 Actions Tab in the Properties Dialog The Actions tab at the top of Event Properties dialog boxes lets you set the type of action that the analyzer will perform once an event has been found Event Properties 3 Primitive Primitive Actions al Internal Triggering M Trigger Analyzer p prope pra ra n frs Sequencing C Advance Sequence f Restart Sequence Label Primitive External Triggering z Restart All Mone Pulse High Channels F Al PX HE g TTA ME ulse Low MN Filter In Pulse Toggle CES 2 None Filter Out Mone M NOT Match on the opposite of thiz event D esc Any occurence on channels 11 T1 12 or T2 of the specified Primitive ALIGN 2 Assigning Actions 70 SATASuite User Manual As shown above you can double click an Event or Action button to open the Properties dialog box and then select the Actions tab You can then select an action from one of the options Event button The assigned action will be represented by a button to the right of the You can also assign an action by right clicking on an Event or Action button and selecting an acti
132. ectronic equipment in standard waste receptacles For more information about proper disposal and recycling of your LeCroy product please visit www lecroy com recycle Part number 730 0052 00 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Table of Contents LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 Chapter 1 Overview 1 General Description 2 gil ETT 4 Chapter2 Installation 7 System Components 7 Analyzer PC Requirements T Analyzer Hardware Description T Analyzer LED Descriptions 8 Front Panel LEDs from left to right 8 Connectors on the SATA Analyzer Module 8 Rear Panel Description 9 Setting Up the Analyzer 10 Connecting Devices to the Analyzer 11 Installing the SATASuite Software 15 Making a Recording on the SATracer Analyzer 16 Stopping a Recording 16 Interrupting the Upload Process 17 Saving Ine aCe a2 d o ed e dox ec ata 18 Probe Control Settings 19 Avalanche Systems 19 SAS Tracer Systems 23 Chapter 3 Software Overview 25 Starting the SATASuite Program
133. ed Settings 32 3 side bise Sim ie es 49 Channel SCUINGS s ccm 4 eran we bua eGo lew Sark IER RENAL 49 FRECOMGING IN UICS RP 50 Recording Rules Toolbar 51 Recording Rules Page How it Works 52 selecting Events 02 Selecting a Channel on an Event Button 52 Assigning an Action o3 Dragging a Button to the Global State Cell or Sequence Cell 53 Types of Pop up Menus 56 Global State Cell and Sequence Cell Pop up Menus 56 Event Pop up Menu 56 Action Pop up Menu 57 New Events Menu 59 Types of Properties Dialog Boxes 60 Properties Dialog Box General Features 60 Event Properties Dialog Boxes Descriptions 63 mM D ra a e EEE TP 64 Primitive Categories Properties Dialog 64 Primitives Properties Dialog 64 Ipsa CRT M emmener mono en os 65 ATA CONSETO ur kon eae au nds os tam E dcn nr ace dU s 66 ATA Commands Properties Dialog 66 PALA COMM ANOS saume a iubes 2 enacts vota vos oan Noa 67 ATAPI Command Properties Dialog 67 Bus Conditions and OOB Signals 67 Bus Conditions and OOB Signals 67 EO x 5 69
134. efore recording was stopped Orphans Command End Events that do not correspond to any issued command that is present in the recording Called orphans these typically occur when recording is started during live traffic resulting in command completions being observed for commands that were issued prior to the start of recording Orphans also occur in recordings that wrap where the available memory space has been exceeded and the user has specified that the recording should continue until a trigger condition is encountered For command timeout purposes the SATracker Analyzer actively tracks all commands which have been issued but for which no Command End Event has yet occurred Once a Command End Event that terminates that command has occurred the command is no LeCroy Corporation 203 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual longer actively tracked but the information on that command will still be present in the Command Log File provided the Command Log File does not wrap and overwrite the data Note that Command End Events may not all be successful command completions Events such as CHECK CONDITION result in termination of a command in a way consistent with the SCSI protocol and will result in the command being terminated without generating a timeout trigger condition When a trigger condition is reached or when the desired recording size is reached when in snapshot mode the recording will stop and the Command Log File will
135. elow If you wish to see further detail about any specific transaction simply click the white triangle next to any Transaction number and the Frames which compose that Transaction are displayed Transaction estan stant source SAS Address Destination SAS Address F 06 566 Sb 232 Ej 847 500 ns 00001234 00002112 SOUBU560_ 00001 ACC gt gt expands to gt gt Source BAS Address Destination S45 Address Result O0001234 00002112 SO060560 OOO000C1 ACCEPTED Transaction 0 06 566 967 232 Frame U ik 06 566 567 232 Start Start Source S45 Address Destina ES 435 000 ns O0001234 00002112 S006 T3 Frame 1 9 06 566 8b Bb Start Start AIP NORMAL 145 000 ns K26 5 D27 4 D27 4 D27 4 T3 Frame 2 otart Start B AIP AWAITING ON DEVICE 06 566 957 812 ES 55 000 ns K26 5 D27 4 030 0 D28 7 m Stat Start OPEN ACCEPT 06 566 567 ob ES 212 500 ns K2n 5 D15 7 D15 7 D15 97 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Expandinga You can expand a Data Payload field to view it in greater detail or collapse it when you Data Payload 98 want a more compact view SATASuite allows you to expand and collapse the data payload information in four ways e Clicking the small triangular arrows on the left side of the data payload field e Clicking and holding down the mouse button on the triangular button on the left side of a data payload field This action will expand or collapse data fields
136. en Dwords You can calculate time between dwords by clicking on a specific cell and then positioning your mouse pointer over a second cell A tooltip will display the time delta between the two cells Step 1 Click on the cell for the first event to select it SOF rame Type Ub Hashed Destination Address BZZ77 h eserved UU purce Address Fa4b 3E Reserved O Reserve Fill CNT Reserve Step 2 Scroll down through the trace to the second event and position the mouse pointer over the event A tooltip will appear showing the time interval between the first and second events Lime I 90 320 811 320 SG R ROYI 28 328 811 333 R DK 58 328 811 346 k ALOK 66 328 811 360 m EB 320 011 373 Frame 1574 11 Oword 3338 69 dwords total 58 328 811 385 58 328 811 400 Text Decoding 58 328 811 413 Value 7CH52525 58 328 811 425 58 328 811 440 EB 328811 453 zu Time fram selection 26 057 112 785 58 328 811 466 4 ES Selection Oword 35 of Frame 623 at 32 27 ls l More about Cell Selection When searching for a frame or primitive within Link Tracker the found cell will become the selected cell When a cell is selected it will remain selected even if it s off the screen Keyboard actions in LinkTracker scrolling arrow key etc will not affect the selection Once a cell is selected it can only be deselected by switching the selection to another cell Searching When the Trace view
137. en light on the Traffic signal button also blinks during traffic generation Stop Traffic Normally traffic generation stops automatically when SATASuite reaches the end of the Generation Generator file To manually stop traffic generation Click the Stop Generation button Tal Resume If traffic generation is stopped prior to the end of the script it can be resumed Traffic To resume traffic generation Click the Stop Generation button H Generation 168 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 12 SATrainer Generation Language The SATrainer File Generation Language is an API that allows you to separate traffic into text commands These commands are used construct primitives and frames that are sent to the host or the device File Structure Traffic Generation files ssg should have the following structure Declarations e Global generation settings e Constants e Data patterns e Chain of symbols primitives raw data etc e Packet templates Note Some declared objects could be used in further declarations as long as they are previously declared No forward declarations are allowed at this time Generation e List of generation instructions blocks Note Itis possible to create many generation blocks but at current time only a block with the name Generation will be executed Calls of some blocks from another blocks are not currently allowed LeCroy Corporation 169 Version 6 25 SATASu
138. en the Frame FIA ATA Command and OOB application views click the respective buttons on the Tool Bar Fra Tra Scsi Mgt Ata Dob LeCroy Corporation 91 Version 6 25 92 SATASuite User Manual Frame Layer Frame Level view is the default decode level Frame Level view displays traffic as shown below Frame 5 E auld de Time Delta Time Stamp 124 663 ps 06 603 335 852 E TimeDelta EOF TimeDelta j TimeDelta Time Stamp i 124 518 us 06 603 460 917 Time Delta y TimeDelta Time Stamp 128 248 us 06 603 585 640 Time Delta Time Detta Time Stamp 124 795 ps 06 603 714112 FIS Layer When you click the FIS button the FIS Layer traffic is decoded and presented as shown below To see FIS Layer transactions you may need to scroll through the trace or use the Find command under Search Transaction Open Source SAS Address Destination SAS Address _ Result TimeDelta 0 FFFFFFFF FFFFF7FF 21050004 CF87DD53 ACCEPTED 2 399 ms Transaction AES SCSI LUN RUE a TimeDelta SSP COMMAND SCSI CDB READ 10 sse i us 875 355 ps Transaction ssp j Data 2 512 bytes TimeDelta 668 787 us ATA Application Layer When you click the ATA button ATA Application Layer traffic is decoded and presented You can open any of these decode levels to reveal the components by clicking the small triangular in the first cell The following is an example of an expanded Management
139. ency Time v Frame length Link Utilization Data Throughput Frames Count Step 2 Select a graph type from the menu Repeat for additional graphs Note Some graphs will only be available after decoding the logical SCSI or ATA layer operations LeCroy Corporation 133 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Modifying the Appearance of Graphs To modify a Bus Usage graph follow these steps below Step 1 With a graph displaying in the Graphs Area right click anywhere in the graph and choose Properties from the pop up menu Graph area properties x Lu ame length on Channel I1 Title Appearance M l Frame length on Channel T1 Frame length on Channel I1 Line M Frame length on Channel 12 Type Color M l Frame length on Channel T2 Frame length over time from initiator on channel 1 BE E34 S m5 J Frame length on Channel 13 Frame length over time from initiator on channel 1 M l Frame length on Channel T3 Filter out v L Frame length on Channel 14 r Event Groups M l Frame length on Channel T4 Packet Types Primitives FINE I Primitive Data Length O08 Signal Al Channels OOB Signal Undetermined FIS Types OOB Signal COMWAKE OOB Signal COMRESET OAS Fate oss ELECTRIC IDLE OFF Gen Global Settings ELECTRIC IDLE ON SATA Frame Hide selected items C Show selected items New Delete Restore defauts The following dialog bo
140. enting gives a PC with limited memory a way to open recordings that would otherwise be too large to open The only downside to multi segmenting is that limits the scope of reports such as Traffic Summary Bus Utilization and Error Summary to each of the segments You will not be able to perform summary statistics on the full recording The default value for this option is 64 MB Before attempting large recordings it is recommended that you play with this number to see what value best suits your needs To create a multisegmented trace Step 1 Check the box marked Save As Multisegmented Trace Step 2 Set the file size for each segment in the box marked MB Segments Multisegmenting produces an index file and subordinate trace files The default name of the index file is dataXYZ smt where XYZ is the last three digits of the analyzer s serial number You can see the unit s serial number by selecting Help gt About SATASuite Thus for example if you had an analyzer with the serial number 111 the index file would be called data111 smt The index file and the segmented trace files are stored in a directory named after the index file The directory is named indexfilename smt files For example if the index file is named data111 smt the directory will be named data111 smt files Below this directory additional sequentially numbered sub directories up to 100 000 that house the segmented trace files These sub directories bear simple numerica
141. es Identify Address Frames SSP Frames SMP Frames SCSI Commands SCSI Primary Command set SCSI Block Command set SCSI Media Changer Command set SCSI Stream Command set SATA FIS Register Host to Device Register Device to Host Set Device Bits DMA Activate DMA Setup BIST Activate PID Setup DataRoute Vend FIS OxFF ATA Commands All ATA commands ATAPI Commands All ATAPI 6 7 commands SSP Header Fields Command Data Response Task Vendor Reserved SSP Information Units Command Data Response Task SMP Request Response SMP Request SMP Response Errors Breakout Board Data Timer Bus Conditions and OOB Signals The descriptions below follow the order of events listed in the table above LeCroy Corporation 63 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual There are two types of primitive events Primitive Categories and Primitives Primitive Presents options for triggering or filtering on various Primitive categories If NOT is Categories checked any unchecked primitive category will generate an event match AS Event Properties x lalio g Prim Categary Primitive Category Actions al SATA PRIMITIVE SATA IDLE PRIMITIVE Channels v All mE El E Ci Count 2 F NOT Match on the opposite of this event Desc Any occurence on channels 11 T1 12 T2 13 T3 14 or T4 of any of the selected Primitive Categories Primitives Presents a menu of Primitive types If NOT
142. es that a traffic generation file ssg be open Stop Generation Stops traffic generation Resume Resumes traffic generation if generation has been stopped Generation Connect Link Establishes a link between SATA Exerciser and the DUT a Disconnect Link Breaks the link between SATA Exerciser and the DUT Generation Opens a dialog for configuring traffic generation The dialog Options looks like the Recording Rules dialog Setup gt Recording Options gt Recording Rules See Generation Options in the Traffic Generation chapter LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 i Start Tracking Initiates tracking of all commands issued and completed li Stop Tracking Stops command tracking Tracker Options Opens a dislog box to allow the user to establish settings to control command tracking and set the timeout trigger Report File Information Displays information about the recording such as the number of Frames and triggering setup Error Summary Summarizes the errors throughout the recording Allows for fast navigation to errors Timing Calculates timing between two Frames Calculations Traffic Summary Summarizes the numbers and types of Primitives Frames SCSI Operations and errors that occurred in the open Trace Bus Utilization Displays graphs of various types of events that occurred in the open trace Run Verification Opens a dialog that allows you to select and run verification
143. es that support SATracer systems see Analyzer Hardware Description on page 7 Running the SATracer option uses a different BusEngine and cannot operate simultaneously with SATracer on the same CATC 10K system A simple menu selection converts back and forth between the two capabilities Theory of Operation The SATracker Command Analyzer option monitors traffic and identifies all new commands issued and command completions sent in an active SATA environment Every command issued is tracked and when any command exceeds a user defined timeout which can vary based on command type the system triggers and provides a Command Log File of up to the last 8 million commands issued SATracker monitors live traffic in a SATA network and each time a command is issued SATracker records information on that command and begins to track that command to determine when it is completed how it is completed and to trigger on any command that fails to complete within user defined timeout periods The Command Log File generated by SATracker will contain information about every command initiated and completed during the session In addition the Command Log File will contain command fragments of two types Incompletes Command Start Events that were not completed during the recording session These may include commands which exceeded the user defined timeout or simply commands that were issued near the end of the recording and did not have time to complete b
144. essage changes to Uploading data x done x indicates the percentage completion of the data uploading process e Traffic data is copied to disk overwriting any previous version of this file using the default file name data sata You can also create a file name of your choice by specifying one in the Recording Options window To abort the upload process press the Stop button You are asked if you want to keep or discard the partially uploaded data When the data is saved the Recorded Data file appears in the main display window and the Recording Status window is cleared e If the recording resulted from a Trigger event the first Frame following the Trigger or the Frame that caused the Trigger is initially positioned second from the top of the display e fthe recording did not result from a Trigger event the display begins with the first Frame in the traffic file During recording the fourth segment from the left of the Status Bar displays Recording activity as a series of vertical bars The more vertical bars that are displayed the greater the amount of activity being recorded If there are no vertical bars there is no recorded activity During uploading the percent of the completed upload is displayed The rightmost segment displays the current search direction Fwd forward or Bwd backward 37 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Navigation Tools Zoom In Zoom Out Wrap You can zoom in and out and
145. evels will first bring you to a list of all OOB signals and further opening the COMINIT events will show the actual times of the traffic bursts that comprise the COMINIT as shown below Ez C Product Manuals SASSuite Yersion sas init sas hba sas ame O Star Sta STADE moment ELECTRIC IDLE ON 00 005 266 737 x F OOB 0 00 005 266 770 Frame 1 A Sae otal COMINIT COMRESET SH zu EE LE ae Burst OOB Idle COB Burst OOB Idle OOB Burst OOB Idle COB Burst OOB Idle OOB Burst Frame 2 Start Start DD 105 326 65 MN sn 71 ms COMINIT COMRESET This example shows the power of the SATASuite software in being able to summarize details at a very high level while allowing the user to easily drill down into the details that comprise each displayed event to find more and more detail on events of interest Target initiated COMRESET LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Setting Hierarchical View Level Using the Display Options Window You can also set the hierarchical view by selecting checkboxes in the Trace Viewing Level Options in the Display Options window Display Options 100 v F Menge with Event number LA E LI Wa 8 l Couiernew z BY FY LeCroy default ge LeCroy Corporation 95 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual View Raw Bits SATracer allows you to view low level 8B 10B values for SATA traffic You can expand a specific Frame to view the raw bit
146. f variation of the command completion times A histogram is a chart which shows the frequency of occurance of values within a specified data range and allows the user to easily see which completion times cluster around certain values and which are unusual One way to create this chart is to begin by converting all command completion times into data values as described above Once this column is created some basic statistic values can be determined using Excel formulas such as the following in this example the data is contained in column Q rows 2 through 512 e The number of valid datapoints can be determined by using the formula 7511 COUNTBLANK Q2 Q512 The maximum value in the range of command completion times can be determined by the formula MAX Q2 Q512 The minimum value in the range of command completion times can be determined by the formula MIN Q2 Q512 Once the minimum and maximum values are known the histogram can be prepared by deciding on the buckets to be used to collect the data An example is shown below In this example the measured command completion times varied from 1 645 microseconds to 36 852 microseconds Data buckets were set up for the following ranges Less than 2 us e 2 3us e 3 5 US e 9 10 us e 10 100 us e 100 1 000 us e 1 000 10 000 us e 10 000 50 000 us These values were entered in cells Q519 through Q526 To create the histogram first select all cells which will contain the da
147. ffic on both the host and device sides Blinks when there is traffic on one side only LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 Basic SATracer Trigger Events Frames Primitives Errors SCSI Operations SSP Command Data Response Task X RDY and Vendor Unique SMP Request Response Report Discover and Configure ACK CREDIT BLOCKED DONE ACK NAK TIMEOUT NAK RRDY SOF AIP BREAK BROADCAST CLOSE OPEN ACCEPT OPEN REJECT and more task management functions Invalid 10b codes CRC Errors Running Disparity Errors Time outs Alignment errors Code Violation Pending SCSI I Os SCSI 1 0 Response SCSI I O Latency SCSI I O Throughput Frame Length Data Throughput Link Utilization Frame Count SA Tracer Traffic Summary Reports Data Frames Primitives Connects Disconnects Errors ATA Commands Read Response min max avg Write Response min max avg 233 Version 6 25 234 SATASuite User Manual The following tables are supplied in compliance with China s Restriction of Hazardous Substances China RoHS requirements d SA PA TD fA ids SARA Gu BR I PRE PBDE RS O Eg a a CE RE 3 3 ATLAS TY Hugs 9 9 9 L 5 1 se H 2 ARR Gm x 3 o x Eoo e EU RE ON MEM FREE DR 2 NE X 0 BEC X X X 9 X X E C
148. formatting the display Time Format Opens a menu with options for setting the time format There are two options e Seconds e Clocks Reset Column Widths This option resets column widths to their defaults Normally columns will automatically resize themselves if the application window is made larger or smaller However if you manually resize any columns in the Frame Tracker window column widths become static Thereafter if you resize the application window the Frame Tracker columns will not adjust automatically Reset Column Widths re enables this automatic resizing capability Docking and Undocking the Window You can undock the Frame Tracker window by double clicking on the blue title bar along the left side of the window Once undocked the window can be dragged anywhere in the application To redock double click again on the title bar LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Calculating Time between Frames You can calculate time between cells within Frame Tracker by clicking on an event and then positioning your mouse pointer over a second event and reading the ensuing tooltip Step 1 Click on the time value for the first event I2 tL TELA ILI LIII tte BD PP Au Rn RI Au R RD 06 625 761 O66 l 06 625 761 093 hi R25 761 12n Step 2 Scroll down through the trace to the second event and position the mouse pointer above its time value A tooltip will appear showing the time interv
149. ftware select About SATASuite from the Help menu The About SATASuite window appears About SATASuite xj LeCroy SATASuite Serial ATA Suite Software Version 4 70 Build 172 z devices connected Mo remote nodes in analyzer network 2006 LeCroy Corporation LeCroy Corporation 221 Version 6 25 Software Updates 222 SATASuite User Manual About SATASuite details revisions of the following software and hardware e SATASuite Software Version Build Number Firmware Version of Analyzer if connected BusEngine Version Build Number if connected Unit Serial Number if connected Note When contacting LeCroy for technical support please have available all the revisions reported in the About SATASuite window When a new software release is available it is posted on the Support page of the LeCroy website at www LeCroy com support html To update the software follow these steps Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Find the latest released software version on the LeCroy website under Support If you are running the latest version of the software no further action is needed If you are not running the latest version continue to Step 3 Download the installer file from the website Unzip the files into your choice of directory if required Click Start then Run and browse to where you unzipped the files Select the program named Setup and click Open
150. ger occurs the field to the right of the Trigger fills in the post Trigger color specified in the Display Options When recording is complete the upper half of the progress indicator fills in white indicating the progress of the data upload to the host computer You should be aware of two exceptional conditions e Ifa Trigger event occurs during the before Trigger recording the before Trigger color changes to the after Trigger color to indicate that not all the expected data was recorded pre Trigger e When you click Stop before or after a Trigger event the Progress Bar adjusts to begin uploading the most recently recorded data e f you wish to abort an upload that is in progress click the Stop button again The Progress Bar fills with color in proportion to the specified size and actual rate at which the hardware is writing and reading the recording memory However the progress indicator is normalized to fill the space within the Status Bar 36 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Recording Status Recording Activity Search Status LeCroy Corporation During recording the current recording status is displayed in the next segment of the status bar Refer to previous screenshot for examples When recording is begun one of the following messages flashes depending on the selected Recording Options e Trigger e Triggered e Uploading After recording stops The following occurs e Flashing m
151. gers tracking is stopped and the user is informed that a trigger has occurred LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Command Log Filename Saving Tracker Option Settings Speed Settings LeCroy Corporation Under Command Log Filename amp Path the user can define the name of the file to be used for storing the recording when completed When a specified set of Tracker Options has been established the conditions may be saved by giving the options a name under Options Name and then choosing Save or Save as Default A previously saved set of options can be reloaded by selecting the Load button By selecting the Channel Settings tab the following options are displayed Tracker Options All devices X General Tracker Options Channel Settings Advanced Options Speed Settings Auto Detect Link Hate 1 5 Gs Link Hate 3 0 Ges Link Hate Channel Settings Channels I1 Tl lz T2 I3 T3 4 T4 Inhibit ME fe fl iv The SATracker system supports Autodetect Link Rate which is designed to pass through the speed negotiation signaling allowing the initiator and device to determine the link speed using the method defined in the SATA specification In general this is the most convenient setting to use because it ensures the traffic will get recorded at the negotiated rate Alternatively users may force the analyzer to record at the 1 5G or 3G rate However if the negoti
152. gh data fields within different Frames and Transport Layer transactions To access the View Data Block window Step 1 Decode to the level of interest by pressing Fra or Fis Step 2 Locate a Frame or Transport Layer transaction with a data field such as the one shown below uam DE Cr 182 500 Step 3 Click in the Data field to open a pop up menu 8196 bytes Step 4 Choose View Data Block from the menu The View Data Block window opens Frame 3 2049 dwords E gt FFE Msb Leb E Update on scroll Binary 01000110000000000000000000000000 00010111110011000101 01111101111010100010101011110101 01100100110000010110 00111110111000111111111110001111 001101011011110000001 10101001100110010001110001001110 01110011100000010100 01101000010001001111101000101100 001100101010001100110 10100001010001111110000110000101 011110000011010010101 11100111100110010100101001000000 11011010111001110000 10110100101010101000111110000101 11100000011111111111 e The View Data Block window henceforth called the View window displays the raw data for the selected Data field Data is displayed in up to four formats a column per format The window has several options for navigating through Data blocks H Save Saves the currently displayed data block into a text file lt i Previous and Next These buttons cause the View window to jump to the next Frame that has a data block and display that data block lis Anci Be
153. global WaitTimeout value in microseconds AUTO WAIT SAS AFTER Settings AUTO WAIT SAS __ FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR AFTER CLOSE command immediately after each CLOSE FOR CLOSE CLOSE primitive AUTO WAIT SAS _ FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR AFTER EOF FOR ACK ACK command immediately after each EOF primitive AUTO WAIT SAS _ FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR AFTER EOF FOR ACK or NAK command immediately after each ACK OR NAK EOF primitive AUTO WAIT SAS __ FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR AFTER OPEN FOR OPEN ACCEPT command immediately after OPEN ACCEPT each Open Address Frame AUTO WAIT SAS _ FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR AFTER OPEN FOR OPEN REJECT command immediately after OPEN REJECT AUTO WAIT SAS _ FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR AFTER IDENTIFY Identify Frame command immediately after FOR IDENTIFY each Identify Address Frame each Open Address Frame FRAME AUTO WAIT SAS __ FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR AFTER SMP REQ SMP Response Frame command immediately FOR RESP after each SMP Request Frame 198 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Setting AUTO WAIT SAS BEFORE Settings Default Value Version 6 25 Description AUTO WAIT SAS BEFORE CLOSE FOR CLOSE AUTO WAIT SAS BEFORE SOF FOR CREDIT AUTO WAIT SAS BEFORE IDENTIFY FOR IDENTIFY FRAME
154. he host PC and is turned on LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 File Setup Record Generate Tracker wiew I Display Options Recording Options Tracker Options Update BEF Probe Control Channel Settings Analyzer Network All Connected Devices Switch SASTracker SM amp 00 to SASTracer Once selected a screen will appear asking you to confirm the choice Select Yes CEST xl d Switching S45Tracker device 5M 600 to S45Tracer made requires updating of Bus Engine Would vou like to proceed with automatic update Yes Mo progress bar will show the progress of the update Updating Analyzer Device Updating BusE ngine m When the update completes the analyzer will be restarted and a screen will appear confirming the update process Click on OK SS x d BusEngine For S amp STracker SN 600 updated successfully S45 Tracker SH 600 LeCroy Corporation 205 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Preparing to Track a Command Sequence Before starting to track commands with the SATracker Command Analyzer you should first set up the recording options by selecting Tracker Options under the Tracker menu or under the Setup Menu but do not use Recording Options that selection applies to SATracer only Tracker view Tools Help Ej Start Tracking mg Stop Tracking Tracker Options Note If you ha
155. he parentheses following each marked Frame are added or edited with the Set Marker feature Please refer to Set Marker in Reading a Recording 112 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Go To LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 The Go To feature takes you directly to an event in a recording by allowing you to search by a specific criteria Only the items present in a recording will be displayed in the Go to menu If an item is not present in the recording it is greyed out in the menu Search View Window Help 0 ko Trigger i30 Fa Event 3 5 p El mg i Go to Marker eee 0 M Find Primitives i Find Wext F3 Errors Data Lengths Search Direction Forward Speed k FIS Type FIS Port k Transport Level k ATA To apply the previous Find parameters to the next search select Find Next from the Search menu 113 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Find Find is a utility for conducting searches of one or more events within a recording In SATracer trace files Find allows you to search different hierarchical levels within the trace Frames Transactions SCSI Operations and Mgt Transactions To start find e Select Find under Search on the Menu Bar OR Click we in the Tool Bar You see the User Defined Find Events screen Search for Frames To Search For Event Groups FISs ERU NUNT Commands ll Packet Types Packet Types Primitive
156. he screen where you can park buttons that you intend to use in the Global State Cell Global State Cell Part of the screen where you create trigger and filter conditions You create conditions by dragging event buttons from the Available Events rea into the Global State Cell and then assign actions to the event buttons Sequence Cell The inactive cell marked by the faint text Drag an event here to add a new sequence Once an event button is placed in this cell the cell becomes active The Sequence Cell is used to create event sequences chains of events leading to an action f x followed by y followed by z occurs trigger Event Sequences are created by assigning the action Advance the Sequence to the links in the chain and trigger or some other action to the final event Rule Status Indicator An indicator that shows the validity status of the current set of recording rules When the rules are correct the indicator will display the text Config is valid When incorrect the indicator will turn red and display the text Config is Invalid Pop up Menus not shown Right clicking on button or area in the Recording Rules page will access a context sensitive pop up menu containing most of the commands listed in the toolbar LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Recording Rules Toolbar The Recording Rules toolbar exposes functionality for controlling the Recording Rules page ia New event New Event
157. he user accessible controls and LEDs on the front and rear panels of the CATC 10K Warning Do not open the CATC 10K enclosure There are no user serviceable parts inside Refer servicing to LeCroy Figure 2 Front Panel Internal single lane connector SS002MAA amp SS003MAA X Universal Protocol Analyzer System ME AME OT o 00 Qo MODEL SASOOIMA SAS SATA Analyzer CAT MODEL SASOOIMA SAS SATA Analyzer P A 1 1 INITIATOR TARGET INITIATOR TARGET INITIATOR TARGET Aa MANUAL TRG UPLD TRG Front Panel A PWR power Green indicator LED for CATC 10K Lights when the unit LEDs from power is switched on left to right B Status indicator Red indicator LED for CATC 10K Lights during initialization power up of CATC 10K base unit Blinks if a self test fails C REC recording Green LED Lights when the unit is recording D TRG triggered Orange LED Lights when the unit triggers on an event E UPLD Upload Green LED Lights when trace is being uploaded from the analyzer to the PC F Manual Trigger Push button Allows a manual Trace capture G 1 4 Link Channels 1 4 Green LEDs Lights when a connection is established on the corresponding link Connectors e Plug in Modules SS002MAA X amp SS003MAA X use single lane Serial ATA on the SATA Connectors 4 DN e Plug in Module SS004MAA X use 4 port Infiniband style connectors 1 odauie 8 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25
158. he window and type some text Step 3 Click Send The sent text will appear in the top of the window next to your prompt LeCroy Corporation 151 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual 152 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 11 Traffic Generation with SATrainer SATrainer is a traffic generator that can emulate SATA host or SATA device Traffic generation enables engineers to test designs under realistic conditions and to transmit known errors allowing engineers to observe how devices handle faulty link conditions Traffic generation is performed via the execution of text based scripts These scripts contain statements about the types of traffic to be generated SATA Exerciser Hardware LeCroy SATrainer requires both the SATA Analyzer module and the SATA Exerciser module that plugs into the right slot of the CATC 10K chassis Installing the SATracer Exerciser module will require that you remove ports 3 amp 4 if equipped with a 4 port analyzer or the blank face plate if equipped with a 2 port analyzer Figure 12 SATracer Trainer 2 port Analyzer with Exerciser option installed Universal Protocol Anal ZE om Olocol Analyzer Sytem CAT MODEL 45001844 SAS 1 SATA Analy Model ger CAT Mo J OOOO A DELS 2 MANUAL TAG 4 ASOOIMG SAS SA TA Exerciser TATOR Tanger INITIATOR Tanger T TO INITIATOR TOTARGET PORT PORT 1 TATUS c LL f r a TARGET acri EE J MITIATI x r On UPLO
159. hecked any unchecked primitive will generate an event match Event Properties x p prope prope prop 1 Packet Type Align Frequencey Label CRC Error Disparity Delimiter Channels M Al Symbol Encoding Mere Alignment Count 2 F NOT Match on the opposite of this event Desc Any occurence on channels 11 71 12 or T2 of any af the selected Error Breakout Board Data Breakout Board Data Properties Dialog 68 Breakout board data are entered into a single dialog box The Breakout Board Data properties dialog box lets you specify a bit pattern from a breakout board that can be used for triggering If NOT is checked an event match will be created for any pattern other than the one specified Event Properties FE Breakout Board Actions Breakout Board Mask Match Label Breakout Board Desc the specified Breakout Board Data LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 State Properties Dialog The State Properties dialog allows you to specify the Global state s caption To access this dialog box click in the Global State Cell but not on an Event button State Properties E a Timer specify the value for the timer in seconds milliseconds microseconds and Properties nanoseconds The actual timer value is shown below the edit controls and reflects the Dialog hardware precision capabilities The time is rounded up to the next 7 519 nanos
160. icipate in the recording 2 Step 8 Uncheck all boxes except for the one for the remote analyzer that you wish to connect to Step 9 Click Close to close the dialog box and establish a connection to the selected analyzer To configure SATracer analyzers to work as a group i e into a cascade attach BNC cables as described in Setup for Cascaded Multiple Analyzer Use on page 146 then perform the following steps Step 1 Perform Steps 1 and 2 as described above in USB Connected Analyzers on page 148 The Analyzer Devices dialog box will open Step 2 In the Analyzer Devices dialog box verify that the checkboxes are checked for the cascaded analyzers Step 3 Click Close The dialog closes and the analyzers are selected Step 4 Test the setup by recording some traffic If the analyzers are not connected by the BNC cables an error message will appear prompting you to correct the problem LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Network Chat Analyzer Network Chat is a utility that allows users to conduct chat sessions over an IP LAN In order to send and receive electronic text messages each user must be working with a PC that is attached to an analyzer And each PC must in turn be connected to an IP LAN To start a chat session Step 1 Select View Analyzer Network Chat Bar from the menu The following dialog opens MR BILL 5 17 2004 3 13 43 PM Step 2 Click in the cell at the bottom of t
161. imitive Primitive SOF 48 where 48 offset Primitive CLOSE NORMAL 36 5 where 5 repeat e Prolog and Epilog define Primitive chains to be used at the beginning and end of the frame EXAMPLES Prolog SOF For this frame primitive SOF is used as a Prolog Epilog EOF For this frame primitive EOF is used as a Epilog e Frames can be derived from other Frames therefore inheriting the layout of the parent Frame In this case the user may e Change Prolog and Epilog e Change default field values e Add new fields FRAME EXAMPLES Frame Some Frame Field32 32 OXAABBFFEE FrameType 8 12 HashedDest 24 HEX DATA Reserved1 8 OxDA Field16 16 OXAAAA Reserved2 8 OxAD Data PATTERN 1 CRC 32 Primitive Primitive SOF 48 Primitive SOF 96 Primitive CLOSE NORMAL 36 5 Prolog SOF Epilog EOF LeCroy Corporation 173 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Frame Some Frame 1 Some Frame Field32 Some Hex Data Data 1 11111111 22222222 33333333 44444444 55555555 Opcode 128 8 Ox2A LBA 64 Primitive Primitive CLOSE NORMAL 24 48 Prolog CHAIN ONE Epilog CHAIN ONE Generation Block SATrainer will generate the stream that is defined in this block Generation Chain Definition Repeat N Idle M Chain Definition N M Chain Definition Frame Definition Frame Definition RunningDisp ON OFF Frame Definition
162. in Mode options provide an additional control for the SAS Tracer External Connector Module SSOO4MAA only These controls will be disabled when attached to the Internal SATA style module SS002MAA because this module operates in Repeater mode only Break Link Checking this box for a specific channel takes the link to electrical idle It has the same effect as manually detaching a single connector from the device to break the link Unchecking the Break Link box for a specific channel brings the link up It has the same effect as attaching a connector to a powered on device Probe Control Settings Port Settings Break Link High Swing LOB Idle Sensitivity Marmal Decrease 30m Decrease 60m Plugin Mode Repeater Plugin Mode 6 Mondintrusive Plugin Made 23 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual High Swing Alters the repeaters differential output swing to accommodate for PCB connector loss By default the repeater uses Normal swing High swing may be required when tapping between long backplanes or extended cable distances e Normal Swing 440 mV min and 660 mV max peak to peak High Swing 800 mV min and 1200 mV max peak to peak OOB Idle Sensitivity Alters the repeaters OOB detection behavior to accommodate for marginal OOB signal amplitude in SAS devices under test The OOB idle sensitivity offers an adjustable threshold for detecting an inbound OOB sequence If two PHYS fail to complete OOB users may f
163. inc file defines SMP frames For examples of usage see SMPFrames ssg in the Samples directory The STPFrames inc file defines STP frames For examples of usage see STPFrames ssg in the Samples directory LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Working with Generation Files The easiest way to generate traffic is to start with one of the sample generation files and edit the settings to see how the script file behaves As you make and save changes the trace view of the generation file is automatically updated The following screenshots shows the sample file SSPFrames ssg as it appears in the script editor and trace window include aenerationsIncludesssPFramesnpecl inc Generation SendssPFramenpata Data 21223344 55667788 SS5AABBCC SendssPFramexferRdy Data 51223344 55667788 S9AABBCC SendssPFramecammand SendssPFramegRespaonse SendssPFrameTask Data 51223344 55667788 SS9AABBCC SendssPFramewvendarnr GEN MODE SATA Hast SSC is ON CONFIGURATION AutoOOB AutoHOLD AutoDMAT AutoALIGN AutoHndShk AutoSpdNeg 1 2 OOB Settings COMWAKE Num Bursts BurstLength Idle Length Negation Len 8 8 7 8 9 10 12 SATA Link Initialization Settings Align Count D10 2 Count Frame ae FER RDY Tag BEJE M ee OF Idle Time Stamp 8 ye uc ox0000 12 bytes 12 bytes Ox669F7A95 SoS 0 000ns 000 0 000ns 00 000 000 000 Data CHOSE EOF Idle 0 bytes 0 bytes
164. ind lowering the OOB idle sensitivity provides a mechanism for establishing the link even when the OOB signals from the DUT are marginal e Normal 100mV to 200mV e Decrease 30mV e Decrease 60mV 24 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 3 Software Overview SATASuite is an application that may be used with or without an analyzer unit When used without an analyzer the program functions as a viewer to view analyze and print captured traces from SATracer analyzers or command log files from the SATracker option on the SATracer Starting the SATASuite Program To start the SATASuite program from the Start menu Step 1 Click Start Step 2 Select Programs Step 3 Select LeCroy Step 4 Click LeCroy SATASuite SElLeCroy SAsSSuite Application Software Miel Ele Setup Record Generate Tracker view Tools Help IS HE STE o ntg a2 2 or ABO OOH 2 ul id B bt S RBS S Wer Fre ses Me ate ob TC E Ci s ja d d D d d d d d Gi d 0 do d HAHN 45 8 00 600 0106 010006 0 9 8 f D DOO 80180 D D 9 O Opening Sample Traces A good way to gain familiarity with SATASuite is to open some of the provided sample files and explore the menus pop up menus and reports LeCroy Corporation 25 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Tool Tips Throughout the application Tool Tips provide useful information about buttons on the toolbar
165. inked via USB to a host PC You Analyzers connect to one of the two analyzers Step 1 Start the SATracer analyzers and the SATASuite software Step 2 From the menu select Setup All Connected Devices The Analyzer Network dialog box opens To select an analyzer check the relevant checkbox on the left Analyzer Devices j xj Platform MB Slot1 Slot 2 v SASTracer SN 211 UPALOK ID 0x1 Rev 0x3 v SASTracer SN 202 UPA10K ID 0x1 Rev Ox3 Update BE FwW Select analyzer devices you want to participate in the recording A Step 3 Click Close The dialog box closes and the analyzer is selected The SATASuite software on your screen will now control the selected analyzer Note You can update the Firmware BusEngine and License from this dialog by checking an analyzer and then clicking the appropriate button on the right You can also directly open and set Recording Options for any of the analyzers by checking one or more analyzers and then clicking the Recording Options button The Recording Options dialog will open The settings you create will apply to all selected analyzers 148 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Remote Analyzers Over an IP Network Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 To configure SATASuite to remotely control an analyzer over an IP LAN you will need to use the Analyzer Network dialog to browse to the host controlling
166. ion 168 Resume Traffic Generation 168 Chapter 12 SATrainer Generation Language 169 Pile SUCRE 2 et daly he OER e ee CERE he EX EAD e 169 Declaratloris sx dao 44 BOE RO EROS AEE RE a 169 Generation blocks 169 Langiddes ss si remis ea eame Seed sre fetes 170 COMIM NIS SR at Poe x acu TE bea RC oe Sa CROACIE EC GLA 170 IDcIdes 23 xu suce tees dre Ae ate Ea ee fe us 170 vgodp CET 170 CONSAN ss od ustedes mare ECC noo a a deste ua 170 Predefined Constants 170 Data Patterris sats eth eh Sh ee ee eS 171 FPA OS o ea sechs Rog ar tees adscitus en bu Go dea Soda 171 Packets Frames s s deo as Gus da GE SUCI aS chart a 172 Generation Block 174 DETININONS 3 5 x 4 3 5 a te c a as qe he QU eA Beg A Ge ae es 175 Field Variable Declarations 175 Changing Frame Fields 175 Preprocessor integer arithmetic 175 LOODS za a ta d os S oru V SCR Moo Rees M 176 oATrainer Generation Commands 177 General Commands 177 SATA CommandS 4 2 3 res aD ocak et ana RODEO s 178 Primitive Commands 179 Wait Commands 182 Wait Command Groups 189 Predefined Constants 193 Gener
167. ion 229 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual 230 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Appendix A Specifications LeCroy SATA analyzers are hardware modules that install into the CATC 10K platform The following specifications describe a combined SATA 10K based system Package Dimensions CATC 10K 12 2 x 12 2 x 3 5 inches 31 1 x 31 1 x 8 9 cm Single wide Plug in 4 5 x 6 7 x 1 3 inches 11 3 x 17 0 x 3 2 cm Double wide Plug in 9 5 x 6 7 x 1 3 inches 24 1 x 17 0 x 3 2 cm Rear Connectors CATC 10K AC power connection External trigger connection TRIG IN OUT BNC PC connection USB 2 0 Hi Speed type B Break out board type D Weight CATC 10K 9 5 Ibs 4 3 kg Single wide Plug in 1 lb 11 4 oz 77 kg Double wide Plug in 3 Ib 3 oz 1 45kg Power Requirements 90 254VAC 47 63Hz universal input 120W maximum Environmental Conditions Operating Range 0 to 40 C 32 to 104 F otorage Range 20 to 80 C 4 to 176 F Humidity 10 to 9096 non condensing Operating Altitude Up to 2 000 meters 6 560 feet Probing Characteristics Model S8002MAA amp SS003MAA Connector Type One Port Model Single Pair of Internal Connectors Initiator and Target Serial ATA Standard Two Port Model Dual Pair of Internal Connectors Initiator and Target Serial ATA Standard Four Port Model Single Pair of Internal Connectors Initiator and Target Serial ATA Standard SATrainer Connection
168. ion Buttons The Bus Utilization window has a row of buttons for changing the format of the displayed data and for exporting data HOSE PAR BAT Ban The buttons have the following functions Save As Saves the H graphs as a bitmap file Q Vertical zoom in bmp Email Creates an email with a bmp file e Vertical zoom out attachment of the graphs e Print Click and Drag zoom Click diagonally to select and zoom in on part of the graph The initial direction you begin dragging the cursor determines whether the horizontal or vertical axis is magnified E r3 Full Screen Select Range View Settings opens a Sync and Graph areas If two or more ma sub menu with options for ral graphs are displayed this button will formatting the display synchronize the graphs to one another See View Settings Menu Once synchronized the positioning below slider of one graph will move the other graphs Graph Areas Presents a menu of graphs for various types of bus data q AS amp Horizontal zoom in Qa Horizontal zoom out 131 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual View Settings Menu Clicking the View settings button ue causes a menu to open ix with options for formatting the display Orient horizontally e Orient Horizontally changes the orientation cud of bus usage to horizontal After selecting MI ccu ui ah the menu will say Orient PUE ence tare um Status e Tile Vertically tiles the two g
169. is checked any unchecked primitive will Properties generate an event match D ialog Event Properties x TE ud 3 i Elie LA uc ALIGN 0 CONT DMAT EDF GEN COMMAND HOLD HOLDA Channels Al PMACK i 2 Ei OBER Di Be Elie Ci PMREG_P F7 Count 2 PMREQ El F NOT Match on the opposite of this event Desc Any occurence on channels 11 T1 l2 T2 13 T3 I4 or T4 af the specified Primitive Unknown 64 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual SATA FIS Version 6 25 There are ten SATA FISs that can be selected from the New Events menu Register Host to Device Register Device to Host Set Device Bits DMA Setup BIST Activate PIO Setup Data Route and Vend FIS OxFF The Properties dialogs for these FISs are similar to one another They display data fields for entering data patterns on a bit by bit basis Entering a data pattern tells the analyzer to search for the specified pattern If NOT is checked any pattern other than the one specified will generate an event match The Properties dialog below is for Register Host Register Host t p Eripe pro fray fre Label eqister Host ta Device Channels All pi pri pe A e fro fru Count F NOT Match on the opposite of this event to Device Desc Any occurence an channels 11 T1 12 T2 13 T3 14 or T4 of the specified FIS Register Host to Device Event Properties B FIS Actions Features Command C R R Reserved 0 FIS Type
170. it clocking information Recording Option commands and other data to the other analyzers If you plan to group three or four analyzers together daisy chain the remaining analyzers together and then loop the output of the last analyzer to the input of the first analyzer as shown in the figure on the right 146 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Set Up for Remote Access over an IP LAN LeCroy Corporation Analyzers can be run remotely over an IP network In an IP network the analyzers connect their respective hosts via USB and mE the hosts in turn connect to each other via IP Setup involves installing SATASuite software on each analyzer host then enabling IP LAN connectivity between the hosts When the remote analyzer is powered on you connect remotely control the analyzer via its host Your connection will be Local host gt Remote host gt Analyzer Use the command Setup Analyzer Network to browse to the remote host You can cascade IP connected analyzers by adding BNC connections between the analyzers as described above in Setup for Cascaded Multiple Analyzer Use on page 146 147 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Configuring the Connection Once you have completed the physical setup you are ready to configure the analyzer connection USB Configuration for two or more USB connected analyzers is minimal Connected In the following example two SATracer analyzers are l
171. ite User Manual Language Comments Includes Settings Constants Predefined Constants 170 Comment symbol The line remainder after this symbol will be ignored 7 l Comment Block All the text between and is ignored J This is an example of a block of comments Y include FileName inc This directive includes the file FileName inc This lets the user add common definitions and templates into new scripts Language parser makes sure the same file is not included more than once EXAMPLE include Somelnc inc This directive will actually include file Somelnc 1 inc inline The same as include but without the Language parser check Using the Set Constant Name Value statement users can set different constants modes using the following value types e Predefined constants TRUE FALSE ON OFF INFINITE etc e Numbers EXAMPLES Set AutoAlignSATA ON Set WaitTimeOut 239 Only unsigned integers can be defined as constants Some constants are predefined in SATrainer EXAMPLES Const SOME HEX DATA OxAABBFFEE defines hexadecimal constant Const SOME DEC DATA 212 defines decimal constant Const SOME DEC DATA 64 defines decimal constant Const Some Hex Data OXCDCDBEBE e TRUE e FALSE e ON e OFF e INFINITE LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Data Patterns Primitives LeCroy Corporation Data patterns are streams of hexadecimal
172. ite User Manual Version 6 25 Set Marker The Set Marker feature allows Frames to be marked so they can be navigate back to events of interest Markers also provide you with a way of tagging events so you can perform timing calculations between them The Set Marker command works in conjunction with the Go to Marker feature Once you have marked a Frame you can navigate back to it by selecting Search gt Go to Marker and then selecting the marker of interest from the list To set a marker on a Frame perform the following steps Step 1 Click on Frame for the Frame you wish to mark Time Stamp 06 706 548 857 Frame 646 Fram eDelts Show Hide Link Tracker FIS E E m mm B47 J Show Raw 10b Codes Fratr BAe Set marker Time Stamp 06 706 606 827 FIS Type Part Reg H D Time Stamp EE nm 2i Time From Trigger Ade Time Fram Marker Frarr RAL Format k E I mm 7r Color k Usi SUC 551 EE EH m pai Hide Step 2 Select Set Marker The Edit Market for Frame comment window appears Edit Marker for Frame 118446 xj Press Ctrl Enter to insert a line break Cancel LeCroy Corporation 39 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Step 3 Enter your comment Step 4 Click OK A marked Frame is indicated by a vertical red bar along the left edge of the Frame block Frame 5 ROV TimeDelta Time Stamp B4B G
173. itive RESERVED CHANGE 1 WF BLOCK2 MISC reserved RESERVED 0 WF BLOCK2 MISC reserved RESERVED 1 188 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Wait Command Version 6 25 Groups Wait Command Group Group Contents WF TIMEOUT WF TIMEOUT BLOCK ONE WF TIMEOUT BLOCK TWO WF ALL SOF WF ALL EOF WF RRDY WF SOF WF SOAF D Ooo WF RRDY NORMAL WF RRDY RESERVED 0 WF RRDY RESERVED 1 WF CREDIT OK WF CREDIT AVAIL WF CREDIT BLOCKED RECEIVED WF CLOSE LeCroy Corporation 189 Version 6 25 190 SATASuite User Manual WFDONE WF WF DONE ACK NAK TIMEOUT _ACK NAK TIMEOUT a D NN SERRE ES LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Wait Command Group Group Contents WF PM STATUS WF SATA PMACK WF SATA PMNAK WF OPEN REJECT WF OPEN REJECT BAD DESTINATION WF OPEN REJECT CONN RATE NOT SUPPORTED WF OPEN REJECT NO DESTINATION WF OPEN REJECT PATHWAY BLOCKED WF OPEN REJECT PROTOCOL NOT SUPPORTED WF OPEN REJECT RETRY WF OPEN REJECT STP RESOURCES BUSY WF OPEN REJECT WRONG DESTINATION WF OPEN REJECT RESERVED ABANDON 0 WF OPEN REJECT RESERVED ABANDON 1 WF OPEN REJECT continued WF OPEN REJECT RESERVED ABANDON 2 WF OPEN REJECT RESERVED ABANDON 3 WF OPEN REJECT RESERVED CONTINUE 0 WF OPEN REJECT RESERVED CONTINUE 1 WF OPEN REJECT RESERVED INITIALIZE 0 WF OPEN REJECT RESERVED INITIALIZE 1 WF OPEN REJECT RESERVED STOP 0 WF OPEN REJECT RESERVED STOP 1 WF
174. k value will be inserted this is typically the case for command fragments such as incomplete commands or orphans If data exists the formula determines whether the units used are millisecs ms in which case it extracts the numeric value of the cell and multiplies it 1000 If the units are not ms then the formula extracts the numeric value as microseconds The result for data that contains only millisec and microsec values is a column with completion times all in microseconds 217 Version 6 25 Creating a Histogram using Microsoft Excel 218 SATASuite User Manual Copy this formula down the length of the column and all original text data is converted to numeric data expressed in microseconds Note Ifthe data fields contain other units such as seconds or nanseconds the formula will need to be modified to account for all units used The commands in the file can now be sorted in increasing or decreasing order of command completion time by selecting all rows containing data then selecting Sort from the Data menu in Microsoft Excel Choose the column which contains the numeric completion times and select Ascending or Descending Microsoft Excel and other database and spreadsheet programs often have sophisticated statistical functions useful for analyzing the data produced by SATracker For example it may be useful to have a histogram of command completion times for a Command Log File to show the range and the pattern o
175. l Channel hal OOE Signal Undetermined L E OOE Signal COMMS RE UB Signal COMRESET ELECTRIC IDLE OFF ELECTRIC IDLE ON Event Event Groups are categories of events that can occur in a trace Clicking on an Event Groups Group will display a list of Event types on the right side of the Find window that occur within each Event Group Union If multiple events are selected use the options Union or Intersection to conduct the Intersection search and Union is used to search for any selected event Find x or y Union lets you tell the Exclusion Analyzer to search the trace for any of any of the selected items Intersection is used to search for all selected events Find x and y Intersection lets you tell the Analyzer to search the trace for any packet having all of the selected events Exclusion is used to exclude selected traffic from the trace Exclusion is used with Union and Intersection i e you select Exclusion with Union or Intersection Exclusion Union Exclude packets with any of the specified events Exclusion Intersection Exclude packets with all of the specified events LeCroy Corporation 115 Version 6 25 Using Find 116 SATASuite User Manual Step 1 Select the display level to be searched from the Search For box on the left side of the window For example to search through Commands select Commands The display level affects options presented in the Events Group box Step 2 Select a sea
176. l names 00000 00999 Each of these subdirectories can hold up to 100 sequentially numbered segment files Collectively the entire directory structure can hold up to 10 million files Example A 1010 MB recording using 10 MB segments and the default file names will create the following sub directories and files The example below uses the serial number 111 e data1i1 smt This is the index file e data111 smt files 00000 segment 00000 sata e data111 smt files 00000 segment 00001 sata e data111 smt filesX00000 segment 00099 sata e data111 smt files 00001 segment 00100 sata e data111 smt files 00001 segment 00101 sata LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 LeCroy Corporation The index file looks something like a trace file but contains packet like entities that summarize each 10 MB segment Eg File Setup Record Generate Report Search View Tools Window Help j alx SHASHE P Mls EEE EE CETTE Segment Start Frame Num Frames Duration Time Stamp 0 i aa 612484 24 032 ms 00 00 00 000001 192 Segment start Frame Num Frames Duration Time Stamp 1 612484 612489 24 029 ms 00 00 00 024 033 187 Segment start Frame Num Frames Duration Time Stamp 2 1224973 612464 24 030 ms 00 00 00 048 062 592 Segment Start Frame Num Frames Duration Time Stamp 3 1837457 612489 24 029 ms 00 00 00 072 093 062 Segment Start Frame Num Frames Duration Time Stamp 2449946 612454 24 031 ms 00 00 00
177. late will indicate when the trigger condition has been detected by the analyzer system LeCroy Corporation 120 SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Using the Step 1 Attach an appropriate BNC Trigger Out connector on a general BNC Trigger purpose test instrument to the BNC Trigger In connector using In the provided BNC cable Step 2 In the SATASuite software under Recording Options select the General Tab and click the radio button Event Trigger under Recording Type Recording Type f Snapshot t Manual Trigger f Event Trigger Step 3 Select the Recording Rules Tab Remove all triggering events from the Recording rules Filtering options can be retained see Recording Rules screen image below Global State active at all times SYNC ALIGN FILTER OUT pu fri prop e grs n fra Step 4 Press Record Start button to arm the analyzer The analyzer will indicate it is waiting for a trigger Any edge detected on the Trigger In signal will stop the recording and fill the buffer on the analyzer Note Voltage required on the edge condition is 0 to 8V low 2 0V to 3 3V high 40nS is the approximate detection threshold for the BNC Trigger In feature Note There is also a trigger indicator on the analyzer front panel that will indicate when the trigger condition has been detected by the analyzer LeCroy Corporation 121 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Breakout Board Trigger In Out The Breakout Board connect
178. lay command fragments see Theory of Operation on page 203 are shown as individual events that are not grouped into commands However if a command has caused the timeout trigger condition to be violated that trigger event will be shown as a command in which the second event is a special trigger condition summary This situation is illustrated in the following display E File Setup Record Generate Tracker Report Search wiew Tools Window Help e BE pH ont S Command 4 stat Start COMMAND 01 46 804 953 722 E 18617 ms ox0012600 ES Command 5 f E Start COMMAND A SF 1 45 823 571 135 512 842 us Ox0012605 Command 6 COMMAND z2 SSP TIMED OUT 01 46 924 083 977 DxDID12BD7 0006260 Event 12 Time Delta CMD Start zd SSP TIMED OUT D1 46 824 083 977 14 047 ms DxDID12BD7 Event 26 lime Delta CMD Timeout Sep 01 46 838 130 910 13 786 ms Ox0012807 E A Command End Event is inserted by the SATracker System when timeouts are detected and no Command End Event was recorded LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 In this Command Log File the command initiated in Event 12 did not complete and as a result the system has indicated this by flagging the event as TIMED OUT Expanding the transaction shows the result as CMD TIMEOUT to indicate that no command completion for this event was present in the Command Log File A Command End Event is inserted by the SATracker System to indicate that
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180. lude siPFramesDecl inc Generation SendsoPPrameData 1 Datas 21225544 55667786 S94 ABBC GC oends sPPrameXterE dy Data 51225544 55667788 SIAABECC Generation Set AutoAlignSAS OFF Global Setting added Block to generation block sendSsSPPFrameCommand oendssPPFrameEesponse sendssPFrameTask Data 51223344 556677885 9S8 A ABBOCC sends5PFrame Vendor When placed within the generation block and then viewed in the trace window global settings rearea as colored bars interspersed amidst the traffic Frame E i GROSS g o re Time Stamp Frame SOF eo Sa RC 11 pir ESSET 0000ns 00 000 000 560 Frame EOF Idle Time Stamp 12 Ox0000 12 SEN EENEN Em 0 D 000ns 00 000 000 800 Frame k Tag Date ESI Time Stamp LU 13 MD 0000 a us 00 000 001 120 Idle Time Stamp 0 000ns ood 0 000ns 00 000 000 320 Idle 164 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Primitive Special Conditions for Frames LeCroy Corporation While most global settings can be set in the generation block three will be ignored if placed within the generation block set Link Speed set GenerationMode set SSC These commands should be configured either in the Setting inc file or at the beginning of the traffic generation file as a global statement and Frame Definitions Five other Include files are provided that define the most of the known templ
181. mand PREVENT 4LLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL on channel D r PEE LAPACITIES 0x42 READ SUBCHANNEL 43 READ TOCAPMAZATIP ATAPI To specify ATAPI commands as the recording event select the command using the Command Operation Code or Command name Additional ATAPI parameters can be specified by Properties entering bit level pattern in binary or decimal including LUN transfer length and LBA Dialog Bus Conditions and OOB Signals Bus Conditions and Out of Band Signals are presented in a single dialog box Bus Select from the check boxes to specify the type of Bus Condition or OOB Signal that you Conditions want the analyzer to search for and OOB If NOT is checked any unchecked primitive will generate an event match x Bus Condition Bus Condition Actions m pe fray era fray a fr Signals CODE Signals COMWAKE COMINIT COMRESET COMSAS Bus Conditions SAS Data Frame SATA Data Frame Primitive Connect Disconnect Label Bus Condition Channels All p ripe tra Count E F NOT Match on the opposite of this event D esc Any occurence on channels 11 T1 12 ar T2 of any of the selected Bus Condition and OOB Signals LeCroy Corporation 67 Version 6 25 Errors Errors Properties Dialog SATASuite User Manual Errors are presented in a single dialog box Select from the checkboxes to specify the type s of errors you want the analyzer to search for If NOT is c
182. me 0x00 NOP SOFTwWARE RESET z C Sort commands by code Registers Label NOP Features Sector count Channels All LEA Mode E pu Eripe LE rs te fe Sector Culinder Dev Head Made Count 2 Sector Number Head number F NOT Cylinder L Cylinder High Match on the opposite AUDE IPE Fig of this event Desc Any occurence on channels 11 T1 12 T2 13 T3 14 or T4 af the specified ATA Command NOP If NOT is checked any unchecked primitive will generate an event match 66 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 ATAPI Commands Individual ATAPI 6 7 commands can be selected as a trigger event Resource limitations restrict ATAPI triggering to a single channel and to a single ATAPI event Event Properties F m EWE NT ALL ATAFI Command Actions Jal ur i GE prp uri f Sort commands by name f Sort commands by code Label Reserved LUN Reserved Operation Code MEDIUM REMOVAL DW 0 DoSOOOODUOUOOGOOOUOGOXXOXOX BI m Hoad ia EE fe Rese A TID E PREVENTZALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL uM Dii MXXXXXXXXXEXXXXXXXXXXXXX D 8 READ 10 OI on EE LE TE LE D Reserved 0 48 READ 12 DW 2 DOOODOGOOOOOGOODOOGOOOOOC IDOL HEAD BUFFER XXXXXXXXXXNXXXNXXXNXXXNXXXX QGE BEAD BUEFER CITY 5 READ CAPACITY NOT DXBE READ CD Match on the apposite 0 69 READ CD MSF of this event 0x51 READ DISC INFORMATION Ox4 0 READ D vD STRUCTURE Desc the specified ATAPI Com
183. me name parent name T Definition 0 Field Name Field Length Default Value Field Definition n Field Name Field Length Default Value Primitive Definition 0 Primitive name offset count Primitive Definition m Primitive name offset count Prolog primitive name Epilog primitive name e Field Definition Field length is in bits means that the length is variable and will be set based on the assigned value e Field starting offset is calculated from frame start based on the length of the previous fields EXAMPLES Field32 32 OXAABBFFEE FrameType 8 12 HashedDest 24 HEX DATA Reserved 8 OxDA Field16 16 OXAAAA Reserved2 8 OxAD CRC 32 e Data field Definition e Data pattern Pattern is assigned to Data e Data count value A pattern of count times value is assigned to Data e Data count start value step A pattern of values starting with start value with steps of step and a length of count is assigned to Data e Primitive definition Primitives are inserted into the frame payload Primitive definitions are inherited by descended frame templates e Assigning clears all previous settings maybe from parent frame template e Offset specifies the dword offset where this primitive will be inserted in the Frame e Count specifies how many times to repeat the primitive 172 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 EXAMPLES Pr
184. n invoke the SATASuite application to transmit the traffic generation file by using the Traffic Signal button g The easiest way to create a Traffic Generation file is to convert an SATracer trace file sata into a ssg file This is done with the Export function in SATASuite Step 1 Open a trace file LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Step 2 From the menu select File gt Export gt to Generator File Format 5sg The Export to Generator Text screen appears ssg There are several options File Export As Generator Format xl S ave in Sample Files t P3 Fr teskl ssq File name test2 559 Save as type SAS Trainer Generator Files s2g Cancel Link And Directi BE Do not export hidden packets I d M Use Auto Alignment From To Frame ki jo Frame 35 Marker Marker Time D 0000000000 secs Tine O O000389025 secs E File Name Enter a user defined file name Save As Type There is but one option SASTrainer Generator Files ssg Link and Direction Select the source and direction of the traffic you are going to export into a traffic generation file You can only export a single uni directional link for example 11 Do not export hidden packets If selected will only export traffic that is currently displayed onscreen Traffic hidden via the various hide buttons will not be exported into the traffic generation file Use Auto Alignment
185. n order to keep up with the command flow In such situations the user can increase the interval of tracker sweeping to allow a larger portion of processing time to go towards command processing Note If Tracker Sweeping is disabled but the Timeout Trigger mode is selected the SATracker system will still trigger when a Command End Event occurs that exceeds the defined Timeout Trigger value However in this situation the system will not be able to detect a timeout trigger due to commands that never receive a Command End Event i e lost commands 210 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Viewing Command Log Files Command Log Files are displayed by SATASuite in a format very similar to trace displays captured by SATracer discussed in Reading a Recording on page 91 A typical SATracker Command Log File is shown below B File Setup Record Generate Tracker Report Search wiew Tools Window Help Event O CMD Start naa 10 120 415 730 Ox0000000 ES Event 1 10 120 422 007 CME Start Ox0000001 Mel Time Delta b 27 us Event 2 10 120 433 955 Event 3 10 120 440 272 Event 4 CMD Start m 10 120 452 090 Ox0000002 m Event 5 10 120 458 662 Event 6 Time Delta CMO Start SSP 10 120 470 225 6 280 us ox0000003 Event 7 10 120 476 5045 In this file we can see a simple set of events commands and completions taking place between one initiator and one targe
186. n widths become static Thereafter if you resize the application window the Link Tracker columns will not adjust automatically Reset Column Widths re enables this automatic resizing capability LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Frame Iracker Window LeCroy Corporation The Frame Tracker window displays a detailed chronological view of traffic on a Frame by Frame basis Events are shown within columns within the window each column representing a channel Time is presented as rows Idle time is shown by empty rows in the window Each time slot in the vertical axis represents the elapsed time required by the Frame to traverse the bus Opening the Frame Tracker Window To open the Frame Tracker window select Report gt Frame Tracker or click the button marked amp A window opens like the one shown below Bloat amp a Time Fame Pt el 00 353 680 335 132107 P 0 FIS Data Bytes 8192 00 353 680 717 132108 SATA ACY Primitives 3435 00 353 772 997 132113 00 353 773 360 132114 00 353 865 640 132120 00 353 866 002 132121 SATA RACY Primitives 3475 00 353 958 625 132124 P 0 FIS Data Bytes 8192 00 353 958 992 132127 SATA ACY Primitives 3398 00 354 101 485 132163 P 0 FIS Dev BITS 00 354 101 845 132164 SATA RCV Primitives 87 00 354 193 395 132221 P 0 FIS HD CMD RD FPDMA QUE 00 354 193 637 132222 00 354 290 950 132283 P 0 FIS D gt H Stat 50 00 354 291 287 132284 00 354
187. ng of SATA designs and prod ucts The system can be programmed to transmit valid and invalid SATA traffic It can send specific IO operations or customized data payloads The exerciser can play back any previously recorded trace as a stimulus file and also offers a text based API for creating scripts from the ground up These products used either separately or in combination provide fast efficient and accurate debug test and verification of Serial ATA semiconductors devices and systems They allows designers and validation engineers to quickly and easily transmit valid and invalid 1 5 or 3 Gbps SATA traffic selectively record the exchange and display the results using the SATASuite expert analysis software The SATASuite software supports all three products allowing this all in one test platform to play an important role at every phase of the SATA product development process The SATracer and SATrainer systems operate on a common modular hardware design based on the LeCroy CATC 10K chassis The different product functions are supported by hardware modules which plug into the chassis by LeCroy s unique BusEngine firmware cores and by the SATASuite Application Software The heart of the LeCroy SATA platform is the revolutionary LeCroy BusEngine This state of the art field upgradeable technology core incorporates a real time non intrusive recording engine and configurable tools to trigger and filter SATA traffic It can intelligently m
188. nnel names To open the properties dialog box for the Bus Usage window right click in the window then choose Properties from the pop up menu Graph area properties i x ly Frame length on Channel I1 Title Appearance vi la Frame length on Channel T1 Frame length on Channel I1 Line v Frame length on Channel 12 Type Color v l Frame length on Channel T2 Frame length over me from initiator on channel 1 e _L Ea 84 v LR ame length on Channel I3 Frame length over time from initiator on channel 1 v l Frame length on Channel T3 Filter out vi Frame length on Channel 14 r Event Groups M Frame length on Channel T4 lll Packet Types Packet Types Primitives Primiti nmitive Data Length ODB Signal All Channels OOB Signal Undetermined CIFIS Types DOB Signal COMWAKE OOB Signal COMRESET See ELECTRIC IDLE OFF Ben Dese en ELECTRIC IDLE ON SATA Frame Hide selected items C Show selected items New Restore defauts Cancel Apply 83 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual 84 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 5 Display Options Use the Display Options menu to specify the way data file information is displayed From the Setup menu select Display Options Display Options 10x vj r gl Merge with Event number LI m Wa s E E Towie BI Z LeCro
189. nto gen stream which will bring current RD to negative level RD ERROR Generator will insert one idle dword into gen stream which will intentionally break RD sequence creating RD error CONNECT Generator will go through connection sequence using current GenFile settings gen mode speed e t c Generation will not resume until connection is established DISCONNECT Generator will break existing connection to DUT Generator will come to a break and the user will be able to resume generation by pressing Resume button on Generation toolbar Generator shall transmit idle dwords while in the Pause OUTPUT ON Takes the Trainer out of Electric Idle state If it is already out of Electric Idle this is a NOP OOB Commands COMINIT Generator will send COMINIT OOB signals using current COMINIT settings COMRESET Generator will send COMRESET OOB signals using current COMRESET settings COMWAKE Generator will send COMWAKE OOB signals using current COMWAKE settings COMSAS Generator will send COMSAS OOB signals using current COMSAS settings SATA ALIGN Generator will go through SATA ALIGN stage of SATA SpeedNeg process using current SATA ALIGN settings SATA D10 2 Generator will go through SATA D10 2 stage of SATA SpeedNeg process using current SATA D10 2 settings SPEED NEG RCDT Generator will go through SPEED NEG RCDT stage of SAS SpeedNeg process using current SPEED NEG RCDT settings LeCroy Corporation 177 Version 6 25 SATASuite Use
190. of ports that can be monitored To enable synchronized multi analyzer recording the analyzers are connected together via their BNC connectors on the back of the analyzers This connection is used to send clocking information and recording commands are sent from one analyzer to another Networking SATASuite can support analyzers connected remotely over an IP LAN Using the Network browse dialog you can remotely control one or more analyzers Working with Multiple Analyzers Multiple analyzers can be set up in three ways Directly Connected by USB Two or more analyzers can be connected to a single host PC via USB In this setup no additional cables are used as they are in a Cascaded setup and the analyzers function as non cascaded standalone units Users toggle back and forth between the units Cascaded Two or more local SATracer analyzers linked by BNC One or all of the analyzers then connect via USB to a host PC The BNC cable functions to transmit clocking and control information between the analyzers thereby allowing the analyzers to function as a cascade i e a single logical analyzer Cascading analyzers allows them to perform synchronized multi analyzer recordings Connected Remotely over an IP Network A PC connected to analyzers across an IP network LeCroy Corporation 145 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Hardware Setup for Direct USB Connections Connecting multiple analyzers to a single PC by USB
191. on from the pop up menu LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 The following table shows the types of Actions you can select CCC Triggers the end of the recording The end point of the recording is TRIGGER determined by the buffer settings in the Recording Options General page FILTER OUT Filters traffic in or out of the recording thereby conserving recording buffer space FILTER IN Can not be assigned to the events with Counters RESTART ALL Reinitializes counters LeCroy Corporation 71 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Setting Conditions The Role of the Global State Cell The Global State cell is the arena in which you create triggering and or filtering conditions The cell is called the Global State cell because Error the conditions you create are active at all times You can think of these conditions as the default conditions You use the Global State cell to create simple condition such as Trigger when you see an xxx error or filter out all xyz primitives Global State active at all times Example Creating a Simple Event Trigger To create a simple condition that is active at all times place an event button in the Global State cell Step 1 Click the New Event button An Events menu opens shown right Primitives Step 2 Select an event from the menu The Frames event will appear as a button in the SCSI Commands Available Events area on the left SST Status
192. onitor SATA frame headers and addresses and start or stop recording based on user defined events The modular LeCroy SATA products allow users to expand and upgrade systems as their needs change Adding new modules or adding new BusEngines to existing modules can economically expand the system capabilities while maintaining a common software interface through the integrated SATASuite Application Software For complete product information please visit www LeCroy com Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Please refer to the Serial ATA Specification for details on the Serial ATA protocol Mal Protocol Anal ze er cre CAT LP _ MODEL SAS0011A i2 P AA SAS SATA Analyzer CU Tiu Model IO000 E PORT RE y A LS p y 4 7 INITIATOR TARGET r ASOOIMG SAS SATA Exerciser TO TARGET General Description The CATC 10K chassis supports up to two plug in modules that can support tracing traffic generation and or command analysis The common hardware design allows users to obtain muliple functions at economical prices and to upgrade existing systems to new functions by adding the appropriate modules BusEngines or software licenses The chart on the following page shows the combinations of products and features currently offered for preconfigured systems from LeCroy The CATC 10K in turn connects to a PC over a Hi Speed USB cable The PC functions as the host controller for the CATC 10K SATASuite software on the PC controls and
193. onventional recording the entire trace is recorded and stored in the analyzer buffer before it is uploaded to the host PC Recordings are thus limited in size to the size of the analyzer buffer or 2 GB If you are planning to create a moderate sized recording this is a good option to select You set the buffer size and the trigger position then begin the recording The analyzer s buffer fills then the traffic is uploaded to the host PC If you are planning to create a large recording or are planning to let the analyzer run over a several days then select Spooled Recording In a Spooled Recording traffic is uploaded periodically to the host PC thus freeing analyzer buffer and allowing the recording to continue Buffer Size The Buffer Size slide bar adjusts the recording buffer size from 1 6 megabytes to 2048 MB This option is used for setting the memory for a Conventional recording Buffer Size 16 000 ME The Recording Type option determines how this buffer is used Although there are 2048 MB of physical memory in the Analyzer the efficiency of the recording ranges from 2 1 to 4 1 ratios of physical memory to actual SATA traffic Shorter Frames yield a less efficient recording The non traffic portion of physical memory is utilized for control and timing information Note The scale is not linear and affords more granularity in the smaller buffer sizes Trigger Position The Trigger Position slide bar sets the amount of pre
194. operties Brings up the State Properties dialog for the selected state If you click on an Event button you will get the following pop up menu Specify Action s opens a sub menu with the following options Trigger Triggers end of recording Recording continues until post trigger buffer is expended Buffer settings are controlled by the Recording Options General page Filter Out Excludes selected traffic from recording Filtering preserves recording memory thereby extending recording sessions and excluding events of little interest Advance the Sequence Appears only in Sequence Cells and is used to create event sequences Tells the analyzer to look for the next event in the sequence Filter In Includes selected traffic in recording External Trigger Pulse HIGH Sends an output signal with a Pulse High format through the output ports on the back of the CATC 10K Pulse High is the default format Pulse High causes the analyzer to transmit a 5 volt 40 nanosecond signal External Trigger Pulse LOW Sends an output signal with a Pulse Low format through the output ports on the back of the CATC 10K Pulse Low causes the analyzer to transmit a 0 volt 40 nanosecond signal External Trigger Pulse TOGGLE This format causes the analyzer to transmit a signal that will toggle with each trigger event between a continuous 5 volt signal and a continuous 0 volt signal Add Counter Displays the Event Properties dialog
195. or message and then automatically begins an update process for the BusEngine and Firmware To perform an automatic BusEngine and Firmware update follow these steps Step 1 If needed update the SATASuite software following the steps outlined in Software Updates Step 2 Turn on the Analyzer Step 3 Select Start gt Record from the menu Because the BusEngine and or the Firmware are incompatible with the current SATASuite software version an error message appears showing your current versions and indicating what versions you need to install SR5Tracer Help xc Cannot record The Firmware and or Bus Engine an the analyzer is incompatible with this software release Firmware Required 1 02 Actual 1 02 BusE ngine Required 1 22 Actual 0 91 Hit YES ta update them LeCroy Corporation 223 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Step 4 Click Yes The Analyzer Setup window appears Update Analyzer E xj M Update BusEngine C Program Files CAT OS AS Tracer sastnbe bin Browse Update Firmware C Program Files CAT C SASTracerssastmfw hex Browse Cancel Step 5 Click Update You can select only one item at this point If both the BusEngine and the Firmware need to be updated the update will complete for the first item and then return to the above window so the second update can be performed Note Once you have started updating the BusEngine or Firmware do not interrupt
196. oughly 1024 MB 1 GB This setting affects when recording is terminated while using snapshot mode and affects when recording wraps when using either trigger mode Each 1MB of recording memory represents information on approximately 10 000 completed commands Under Time Out Triggering Options the user may specify the trigger timeout to use with each of seven command classes This value in each class may vary from 0 to 32 seconds and can be specified in integer units of seconds milliseconds microseconds or nanoseconds Very small values are likely to result in almost immediate termination of the recording when Timeout Trigger mode is selected The seven command classes are as follows e SSP Read e SSP Write e SSP Other any SSP command other than Read or Write e SATA Read SATA Write SATA Other any SATA command other than Read or Write e SMP Any of the seven command classes can be included as a trigger condition by selecting the checkbox to the left of the command class Each selected command class is treated as a trigger condition such that any command timeout violation in any selected class will result in the system triggering For example the user may specify that SSP Read commands that fail to complete within 100 microseconds are a trigger condition but that SSP Write commands are allowed 1 second to complete This allows the user to fine tune the trigger conditions to focus on specific command classes When the system trig
197. owever if the negotiated link speed is higher or lower than the speed selected in this tab SATracer will not decode the traffic properly there will be errors in the trace If an initiator and target are successfully negotiating 3Gbps transmission rate choose the 3Gbps Speed Selection in this tab The user will know if devices are negotiating successfully by getting clean recordings These options allow you to inhibit recording and turn off scrambling and packing on a channel by channel basis Inhibit Inhibits recording of traffic from selected channels For example if you check the option for T1 it means record all channels except for Target channel 1 T1 No Descrambling Turns off the analyzer s descrambling from the selected channels Select this option if your DUTs are not scrambling their traffic No Packing Turns off primitive and idle packing from the selected channels 49 Version 6 25 Recording Rules SATASuite User Manual The Recording Rules page lets you set triggers and filters The page divides into following areas Xl General Channel Settings Recording Rules Channels Toolbar d Newevent mis la le T Config is valid mol Global State active at all times Indicator Available Events Area Global Sequencing Cell Save Save As Defaut Load Cancel 50 Toolbar Contains buttons that control the Recording Rules page Available Events area Part of t
198. r Manual 220 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 14 Updates and Licensing From time to time as modifications are made to the SATASuite Analyzer Software it may become necessary to update the SATASuite software You can obtain new software from the LeCroy website www LeCroy com When you download new SATASuite software firmware and BusEngine files are included as part of the software package Occasionally LeCroy will update these files The new files will install automatically following installation of the new analyzer software If you prefer however you can manually update firmware and BusEngine This chapter describes both automatic and manual updates Note LeCroy SATA analyzers include downloads of new SATASuite software releases that are made available during the 12 months after purchase Following that time software releases are included when the LeCroy Maintenance Agreement is purchased Contact LeCroy for details Software Firmware and BusEngine Versions The Readme txt file on the installation CD and on the installed directory on your hard drive gives last minute updates about the current release Included with each release are the most recent downloadable images of the Firmware and the BusEngine Once the SATASuite Analyzer has completed the self diagnostics and is connected to the PC you can check the latest version of the software and BusEngine To check information about the current so
199. r Manual SPEED NEG ALIGNO Generator will go through SPEED NEG ALIGNO stage of SAS mm SpeedNeg process using current SPEED NEG ALIGNO settings SPEED NEG ALIGN1 Generator will go through SPEED NEG ALIGN 1 stage of SAS SpeedNeg process using current SPEED NEG ALIGN 1 settings SATA Look at STP sample file for syntax Commands SEND SATA FRAME e SendSATAFrame e SATAData e SATA Data e SATACRC e SATA CRC SATAXXXX SATA XXXX 178 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Primitive Commands LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 The following is a list of SAS and SATA primitives declared in Primitives Decl inc as oymbol Chains If you want to use these primitives in your script you must also include Primitives Decl inc in your script SOF EOF SOAF EOAF ALIGN 0 ALIGN 1 ALIGN 2 ALIGN 3 NOTIFY ENABLE SPINUP NOTIFY RESERVED 0 0 1 NOTIFY RESERVED 1 NOTIFY RESERVED 2 ACK NAK CRC ERROR NAK RESERVED 0 NAK RESERVED 1 NAK RESERVED 2 CREDIT BLOCKED RRDY NORMAL RRDY RESERVED 0 RRDY RESERVED 1 SATA SOF SATA EOF SATA CONT SATA DMAT SATA HOLD SATA HOLDA SATA PMACK SATA PMNAK SATA PMREQ P SATA PMREQ S SATA R ERR SATA R IP SATA R OK SATA R RDY SATA SYNC SATA WTRM SATA X RDY 179 Version 6 25 180 SATASuite User Manual SATA_ERROR AIP NORMAL AIP RESERVED 0 AIP RESERVED 1 AIP RESERVED 2 AIP RESERVED WAITING ON PARTIAL AIP WAITIN
200. raffic generation file Packets to EAS Format Creates an EAS file based on the open trace Running this command opens a dialog prompting you for a file name path and a range of Frames to be exported Transport to CSV Format Creates a structured csv file from all or part of the trace data This file may be imported into external databases or spreadsheet programs e g Microsoft Excel Convert gt gt Convert stg to ssg Converts SATA traffic generation files created by SATracer stg to the SASTracer generation format SSQ Merge Trace Files Merges files which have been recorded as multitrace files e g when using cascaded analyzers Exits the SATASuite program LeCroy Corporation 27 Version 6 25 28 SATASuite User Manual Display Options Opens a dialog for customizing trace colors formats and filters Recording Options Configures the SAS Tracer analyzer s recording behavior Opens UPAS 10K a dialog for selecting event triggers and filters and for setting the size of the recording buffer and other recording options Recording Options Configures the Avalanche analyzer s recording behavior Opens Avalanche a dialog for selecting event triggers and filters and for setting the size of the recording buffer and other recording options Update Device Opens a dialog for updating the BusEngine and Firmware of the selected device Tracker Options Configures tracking type memory
201. ram FilesyCATCYSASTracerVae Primitives ssg 13 Undefined identifier NotTodayThanks used for setting ssc 159 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Overview of Generation and Global Settings Files Traffic Generation ssg Files 160 oample ssg files and Include files reside in two directories called Samples and Mnclude that are typically installed in C Program Files LeCroy SATracer Generation A SASTracer EX Generation The ssg traffic generation files are text files consisting of include statements a generation block and optionally global statements The generation block is the code responsible for the actual traffic generation It is marked by the tag Generation The composition and format of the generation block is described later oinclude GrenerationMIncludeVsettings inc Generation i The include statements provide links to the Include files which in turn provide the definitions for primitives frames and global settings i e settings that hold for most or all of the generation session The definitions for SATA traffic are contained in five LeCroy provided Include files Settings inc PrimitivesDecl inc AddressFramesDecl inc SSPFrames inc SMPFrames inc and SSPFrames inc LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Settings inc File LeCroy Corporation The Settings inc file contains global statements about the link the type of device being emula
202. ramesdDecl inc i Je Generationlode GEN MODE SATA HOST This will set cenerationmoac GEN MODE SATA DEVICE take effect Generation LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual LeCroy Corporation The Global Setting AutoAlign Version 6 25 AutoAlign is a global setting that may be on or off depending on the type of device you are emulating There is an AutoAlign setting for SAS and one for SATA for example set AutoAlignSAS ON and set AutoAlignSATA OFF SAS Sends AutoAligns every 2048 dwords SATA Sends AutoAligns every 256 dwords If you plan to set and reset AutoAlign in the middle of traffic generation then you need to know what the defaults are for AutoAlign The defaults are as follows For SATA host device emulation then e AutoAlignSATA is assumed to be ON e AutoAlignSAS is assumed to be OFF For SAS emulation then the assumptions are opposite e AutoAlignSATA is assumed to be OFF e AutoAlignSAS is assumed to be ON For STP e AutoAlignSAS and AutoAlignSATA are assumed to be ON 163 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Placing Global Settings in the Generation Block Some global settings such as AutoAlign On Off can be set and reset in the generation block For example a user might want to set SASAutoAlign ON prior to traffic generation and then have it change to OFF half way through the generation session oinclude Generation nclude settings inc oinclude Cseneration Inc
203. raphs vertically i e side by side ens ines j e Show Markers Places tick marks along iles the x axis of each graph Fonts amp Colors Show Plumb Line Displays a vertical line that connects your cursor to the horizontal axis As the mouse is moved the status bar will show the packet and time frame to which the cursor is pointing e Status Opens a sub menu with the following options Bar Displays a status bar at bottom of graph Tooltip Causes a tooltip to appear if you position your mouse pointer over part of the graph and leave it there for a couple of seconds None Turns off tooltips and the status bar e Grid Lines Opens a sub menu with the following options Both Displays both X and Y axis gridlines X Axis Displays X axis gridlines Y Axis Display Y axis gridlines None Turns off gridlines e Grid on Top Moves the grid lines above the graph e Fonts and Colors Opens a dialog box for setting the colors and fonts used in the graphs x Fonts Tile Times New Roman 1 Enz Cancel 132 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Graph Areas Menu The Graph Areas menu allows you to view different information in the Bus Utilization window v Step 1 Click the 4 button The Graph Areas menu opens Mew Pending ATA 105 474 10 Response Time 474 10 Latency Time ATA 10 Throughput ATA IO Response Time amp 474 10 Lat
204. ration 34 153 Traffic Generation ssg Files 154 156 160 Traffic Summary 33 128 Traffic Summary Reports 233 Transport Layer 92 211 Transport View 91 Trigger 57 72 Trigger Events 3 233 Trigger Position 36 45 trigger timeout 208 Triggering Options 208 Truncate Data Payload 44 U UPAS 10K Platform 5 Updating Firmware 223 Upload Process 17 USB Connected Analyzers 148 USB Connections 146 User Defined Find Events 114 Using a Timer 78 V View Options Menu 137 View Settings Menu 132 W Warranty 4 227 Weight 231 Wrap 32 38 86 238 SATASuite User Manual Z Zoom 139 143 Zoom In 32 38 Zoom Level 86 Zoom Out 32 38 LeCroy Corporation
205. rch direction and origin Step 3 Select one or more events from the Events Group box Your choices will affect options displayed on the right side of the dialog Step 4 If you have selected two or more criteria then select either Union Find all packets that match ANY of the specified events 8 Intersection Find all packets that match ALL of the specified events lf you want to selected events from the trace then select Exclusion Exclude all packets that match any of the specified events S Step 5 Click OK The search then occurs and the results display LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Find Next To apply the previous Find parameters to the next search Select Find Next or F3 under Search on the Menu Bar OR Click L1 on the Tool Bar When Link Tracker is open and Find Next is used the software repositions the LinkTracker and other views on the next frame containing the same primitive For example when using Find Next to search for SATA SYNC primitives the display will select the next primitive in time starting from the specified origin top of the screen beginning of the file last match regardless of which frame and which recording channel it occureds Figure 11 When using Find Next for primitives the search order will be as shown M J L EE E SS SATA p00 R0 SATA SYNC SYNC 8 SATA SYNC SATA X RDY NS
206. reserved RESERVED 2 WF BLOCK MISC reserved RESERVED 3 LeCroy Corporation 185 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual WF WF BLOCK1 MISC MISC L a RESERVED 4 ES WF OPEN REJECT primitive BAD DESTINATION WF OPEN REJECT primitive CONN RATE NOT SUPPORTED WF OPEN REJECT primitive NO DESTINATION WF OPEN REJECT primitive PATHWAY BLOCKED 186 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 WF OPEN REJECT primitive PROTOCOL NOT SUPPORTED WF OPEN REJECT primitive RETRY WF OPEN REJECT primitive STP RESOURCES BUSY WF OPEN REJECT primitive WRONG DESTINATION WF OPEN REJECT primitive RESERVED ABANDON 0 WF OPEN REJECT primitive RESERVED ABANDON 1 WF OPEN REJECT primitive RESERVED ABANDON 2 WF OPEN REJECT primitive RESERVED ABANDON 3 WF OPEN REJECT primitive RESERVED CONTINUE 0 WF OPEN REJECT primitive RESERVED CONTINUE 1 WF OPEN REJECT primitive RESERVED INITIALIZE 0 WF OPEN REJECT primitive RESERVED INITIALIZE 1 WF OPEN REJECT primitive RESERVED STOP 0 WF OPEN REJECT primitive RESERVED STOP 1 LeCroy Corporation 187 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual WF WF NOTIFY ENABLE ENABLE _ primitive SPINUP WF BROADCAST primitive CHANGE WF BROADCAST primitive RESERVED 0 WF BROADCAST primitive RESERVED 1 WF BROADCAST primitive RESERVED 2 WF BROADCAST primitive RESERVED 3 WF BROADCAST primitive RESERVED 4 WF BROADCAST primitive RESERVED CHANGE 0 WF BROADCAST prim
207. rimitive following SATA WTRM primitive When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR SATA PMACK or SATA PMNAK command immediately after each case of SATA CONT primitive following SATA PMREQ 5S primitive 199 LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Default Setting Value Description AUTO WAIT SATA FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR AFTER PMREQ P SATA PMACK or SATA PMNAK command FOR RESPONSE immediately after each case of SATA CONT primitive following SATA PMREQ P primitive AUTO WAIT SATA FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR AFTER __ SATA SYNC command immediately after SYNC FOR SYNC each case of SATA CONT primitive following SATA SYNC primitive AUTO WAIT SATA BEFORE Settings AUTO WAIT SATA FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR BEFORE SATA PMREQ S or SATA PMREQ P PMACK FOR PMREQ command right before each SATA PMACK primitive AUTO WAIT SATA FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR BEFORE SATA PMREQ S or SATA PMREQ P PMNAK FOR PMREQ command right before each SATA PMNAK primitive AUTO WAIT SATA FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR BEFORE SATA R ERR command right before each RERR FOR WTRM SATA WTRM primitive AUTO WAIT SATA FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR BEFORE SATA R OK command right before each ROK FOR WTRM SATA WTRM primitive AUTO WAIT SATA FALSE When set the generator will insert WAIT FOR
208. rom the Events Group list and from the list on the right then click OK Display Options Ix k General Color Format Hiding Level Hiding Headers Event Groups Packet Types Packet Types Primitives Source Addresses Destination Addresses Frimitive BOB Signal All OOB Signal Undetermined ODE Signal COMWAKE ODE Signal COMRESET QOOB Signal COMSAS Open Address Frame Identify Address Frame one Broadcast Address Frame Short one Broadcast Address Frame SSP Frame SMP Frame ELECTRIC IDLE OFF ELECTRIC IDLE ON STP SATA Frame Haw Data f Hide selected items Show selected items Restore Factory Presets Save Save As Default Load roe m 89 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Saving Display Options To complete your display options settings use the features at the bottom of the Display Options window These features remain the same no matter which of the four Display Options windows you are working in 90 Click Save to save the currently specified display options for use in future sessions Any file name can be specified but you must use the opt extension If no extension is specified opt is added by default Click Load to load a previously saved opt file thus restoring a previous set of display options The Save as Default function is equivalent to the Save function specifying the file name default opt Whenever
209. roy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 WF CREDIT AVAIL WF CREDIT BLOCKED R ECEIVED Credit Available This function is based on a 10 bit counter whose value can range from 512 to 511 twos complement This counter is cleared by sending or receiving an OPEN ACCEPT primitive or by execution of a CLEAR CREDIT AVAIL command in the script This counter is incremented by receiving any SAS RRDY primitive and is decremented by sending SAS SOF The wait for command will wait for this counter to have a posi tive value between 1 and 511 This wait for condition is intended to be used before sending a SAS frame within a connection CIEAR CREDIT AVAIL clears this credit function CreditBlocked Received This function is based on a flip flop which is cleared by sending or receiving an OPEN ACCEPT primitive It is set by receiving a CREDIT BLOCKED primitive It is intended to be used in conjunction with wf credit avail to prevent script hangs in those cases where there is not going to be any more credit granted RE NN AFFILIATION WF DONE ACK NAK primitive TIMEOUT LeCroy Corporation 183 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual WF WF DONE CREDIT CREDIT CAE TIMEOUT WF DONE RESERVED primitive TIMEOUT 0 WF DONE RESERVED primitive TIMEOUT 1 ES C LLL WF AIP RESERVED WAIT primitive ON PART WF AIP WAIT ON primitive DEVICE WF AIP WAIT ON primitive PARTIAL mM NN 184 LeCroy Corporation
210. rs ps fre d FILTER OUT n fray EE El pro n pre A filter causes the analyzer to filter in or out specified events from the recording If events are filtered out of the recording they are excluded and not simply hidden from the trace The purpose of filtering is to preserve recording memory so you can conduct longer recording sessions and exclude events that do not interest you Global State actme at all times FILTER QUT To Filter In or Out traffic Step 1 Click the New Event button The New Event menu opens Step 2 Select an event from the menu Step 3 Drag the event into the Global State cell Step 4 Right click on the button A pop up menu opens Step 5 Select Specify Action s Step 6 Select Filter Out for example The analyzer is now configured to filter out the selected event 73 LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 Filter In or Out Everything Counting Events 74 SATASuite User Manual The options Filter Out Everything or Filter In Everything allow you to filter all traffic in or out of the trace These options are intended for a future release to allow you to selectively exclude and include traffic from a recording In addition to setting triggers and filters you can also set counters A counter is an action that allows you to set a trigger based on a count of events For example you could use a counter to Trigger following the 16th occurrence of an error To use a counter follow these steps S
211. rst row of the spreadsheet contains the titles for each column Remaining rows contain information on each completed command that was present in the exported data Since there are many blank columns for data values which are not used in SATracker Command Log Files these columns can be deleted to simplify the spreadsheet If a very large number of events has been exported it may be difficult to be sure that no data exists anywhere in a column In such cases insert an extra row just below the column titles and enter a formula similar to 71000 COUNTBLANK A3 A1002 and copy this value across all columns In this example which assumes 1000 exported events all blank columns will show O as the result of this function and may be deleted Any column with data will show the number of cells that contain data in that column Some data is exported as text fields which represent numeric values For example the command completion time will be exported as fields such as 234 245 us or 3 456 ms In order to convert these text fields to values which can be sorted and otherwise manipulated create a new column next to the COMPL TIME column and enter a formula such as the following into the first data row of the new column IF P22 IF RIGHT P2 2 ms 1000 VALUE LEFT P2 LEN P2 3 VALUE LEFT P2 LEN P2 3 This formula assumes that the original data value is in cell P2 The formula first checks to see if P2 contains any data if not a blan
212. s by right clicking on the Frame number and selecting Show Raw Bits To view Raw Bits follow these steps Step 1 Click on the first cell of a Frame Note Raw Bits can be viewed only in Frames F Frame 650 Show Hide Link Tracker We m Show Raw 10b Codes Sek marker Time From Trigger TimeDelta Time Stamp Time From Marker 116 165 ps 06 708 110 502 F t k ou Type Part Jata Color Hide Step 2 Select Show Raw 10b Codes The data 8b and 10b field can be displayed in several formats as shown below FA Raw 10b Codes Display For Frame 4 B x Physical Lanes Data Appearance D K28 3 C Byte 1 x85 5 OAA Scrambled Byte 3 Id C 10 bit cade 4 K28 3 5 0 95 C Symbol RD B Unda C Packet Fields y Id B J 10 11 12 MA 13 M A 14 M A 15 M A 16 M A 17 bl 4 Packet Running Disparity Error c Prev Next Prev Hert Data Appearance To change the format of the data select from following options E e 8b Click the column heading to show hexadecimal values e 10b Click the column heading to show hexadecimal values 96 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Running Disparity Navigation To move to the previous or next packet in the trace click one of the two buttons at the bottom of the window Prev Displays data for the previous Frame in the trace Next Moves to the next Frame in the trace
213. s via a 25 pin serial interface cable to the Data In Out connector located on the rear of the analyzer unit Each signaling pin is isolated by a 100 series resistor and a buffer inside the Analyzer Data In Out Connector on cable unit Six ground pins and one 5 volt pin are provided 122 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Pin Outs for the Data In Out Connector LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 The following table lists the pin out and signal descriptions for the Data In Out connector on a cable that connects to the Breakout board Data In Out Connector Pin Out Pim Signal Name Siga Description Das ooo e omas oas Gem z Note Pins 4 and 17 have the same function they allow external signals to be used to cause triggering or recording Pins 3 and 16 are used to transmit output signals Pins 6 7 8 9 18 19 21 and 22 data pins are used to define data patterns for external input signals See External Input Signals in Chapter 6 123 Version 6 25 External Interface Breakout Board CATC UPAS 2500 Breakout Board PCA 210 0042 00 oL_jJo oL 1o oCo oC_Io oL 1o oL 1o oo oL 1o oL 1o oL 1o oL 1o oL 1o oL 1o oL 1o oL o oL 1o O O Oo Oo O o O Oo Oo o O o 0000000000000 D0000000000000000000000 a d GND 21 20 GND GP OUTPUT TRIGGER OUT O TRIGGER IN 1 TRIGGER IN 0 DATA 7 DATA 6 DATA 5 DATA 4 DATA 3 DATA 2 DATA 1 DATA 0 RESERVED RESERV
214. s will repair or replace Products at LeCroy s sole discretion covered under this limited warranty that are returned directly to LeCroy s facility or through LeCroy s authorized representatives 227 Version 6 25 228 SATASuite User Manual How to Obtain Warranty Service To request warranty service you must complete and return the registration card or register via the internet within the fifteen day period described above and report your covered warranty claim by contacting LeCroy Technical Support or its authorized representative LeCroy Technical Support can be reached at 800 909 7112 or via email at support catc com You may also refer to LeCroy s website at http www lecroy com for more information on how to contact an authorized representative in your region If warranty service is required LeCroy or its authorized representative will issue a Return Material Authorization Number You must ship the Product back to LeCroy or its authorized representative in its original or equivalent packaging prepay shipping charges and insure the shipment or accept the risk of loss or damage during shipment LeCroy must receive the Product prior to expiration of the Warranty Period for the repair s to be covered LeCroy or its authorized representative will thereafter ship the repaired or replacement Product to you freight prepaid by LeCroy if you are located in the continental United States Shipments made outside the continental United States wi
215. sing the E Trigger Step 1 Attach the BNC Trigger Out connector to an appropriate BNC Trigger In connector on a general purpose test instrument using the provided BNC cable Step 2 In the SATASuite software under Recording Options select the Recording Rules Tab LeCroy Corporation 119 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Step 3 Select the New Event button and specify the protocol level event desired to initiate the external Trigger Out signal Event Properties WI rd C E papu Internal Triggering Sequencing M Trigger Analyzer r Label e Restart All External Triggering E mr f Mone f Pulse High Channels MW All teri Pulse Low Fir pu prie prop e ra n fra Filterin t Pulse Toggle Count r Mane Filter Out f Mone NOT Match an the opposite of this event Desc Any occurence on channels 11 71 12 T2 13 T3 14 ar T4 of any of the selected Errors Step 4 Under the Actions Tab Select the type of External Trigger signal suitable for the external instrument The 10K chassis support three external trigger out signal types Pulse High Pulse Low Pulse Toggle Note In each case the BNC signal transmits an LV TTL level signal Step 5 Select Trigger Analyzer on the Actions Tab if you intend to record protocol level traffic simultaneously while using the BNC External Trigger Out signal Step 6 Press the Record button to arm the analyzer Trigger indicator on the analyzer facep
216. t command except that its effect cannot be undone for the duration of the script If this is turned on none of the out of band commands will work as the output enable is forced on AutoMode Settings AutoOOBMode When set the generator will go through the stages of bringing up the link automatically including waiting for and responding to the device or host it is connected to AutoHoldMode When set the generator will respond automatically to Hold requests Not supported for version 1 1 reserved AutoDMAT When set the generator will respond automatically to DMAT requests Not supported for version 1 1 reserved AutoHandshake When set the generator will respond automatically to TBD commands Not supported for version 1 1 reserved 194 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Default Seng Bi AutoSpeedNeg AutoAlignSAS AutoAlignSATA E COMINIT Settings Version 6 25 Fyumenest the generatorwill autentica oo set the generator will automatically go throughthe speed negotiation process for the speed set in the PINTERFACEC SERDES register for the Trainer When set the generator will automatically inserting the stream 2 Align 0 primitives every 254 dwords as specified in the SATA spec When set the generator will automatically inserting the stream Align primitives every 2048 dwords as specified in the SAS spec Two Align modes can be turned on simultaneously to support ST
217. t device The value under the CMD START and CMD COMPLETE headings is the Command ID which is assigned by SATracker when the command is first issued as a unique ID number for that particular command A more useful way to view this file and many other SATracker Command Log Files is to select the transaction oriented view by selecting Transport Layer under the View menu The resulting view is as follows LeCroy Corporation 211 Version 6 25 212 SATASuite User Manual E File Setup Record Generate Tracker Report Search wiew Tools Window Help Command 0 j eotart Start COMMAND Sep 10 120 415 730 S 15225 ps Ox0000000 x 0034 i Command 1 Bump Sign COMMAND oon 10 120 433 965 S 18 135 us Ox0000001 e 0034 Command 2 COMMAND Sep 10 120 452 090 OxO000002 00345675 SABCDEFU Event 4 00345678 SABI 10 120 452 090 x Time Delta CMO Start SEP 6 572 us ox0000002 Event 5 Tim 10 120 458 662 115 a Command 3 Compl Time _ Start Start COMMAND 10 120 470 225 6 400 us f 16 225 ps OxOO00005 ne In this view related events are grouped together as commands and each command can be expanded to show the Command Start Event and Command End Event as has been shown above in Command 2 To expand or combine commands click on the small arrow in the upper left corner of the Command XX box When grouped as commands the command completion time is shown for each command In this disp
218. t step in exporting the data is to separate the timestamp into its own field To do this select Display Options from the Setup Menu Under the General tab change the field marked Time Stamp Position to be At the beginning and click OK The display will now appear as follows Command Time stamp Compl Time oatart start 250 2 24 152 402 752 2 655 us NN 52 150 us In a similar fashion the user can have some control over the data which is exported by expanding and or contracting data files as described in Expanding and Collapsing Fields on page 97 To export the Command Log File select Export to CSV Format in the File menu File Setup Record Generate Tracker Report Search View Mew GenFile Ctrl M Qi amp d d d3 B Gr Open Ceo Close E Save As Compl Time 2 055 US d Print Ctrl P m ari ITIE Print Preview 3 ES i Print Setup IT ampl Time Edit Comment Ex pa rt Convert The next screen will allow you to specify a filename and location for the exported file and also to limit the data exported to some portion of the file if only a portion is required LeCroy Corporation 215 Version 6 25 Working with Exported Data Files 216 SATASuite User Manual The file type which is exported from SATASuite is a generic text data file csv which can be imported into many applications In this example we will use Microsoft Excel but the same procedure can
219. ta in this case cells R519 through R526 Type in the following formula FREQUENCY Q2 Q512 Q519 Q526 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 but instead of pressing ENTER to enter the formula press CTRL SHIFT ENTER This enters this formula into the entire array of cells you selected The values shown are the number of datapoint that fall between each bucket value You can produce a graph of this data by using the Excel Chart Wizard Select the cells containing the histogram data Click on the Chart Wizard icon and follow the instructions On the second step click on the Series tab then on the Category X axis labels field select the list of buckets in Q519 through Q526 and enter them as axis labels The result is the graph shown below 2 585 3 505 ps 3 505 3 670 ps 3 6 0 2 500 us 2 50 3 603 ps 3 605 514 Datapoints 404 Max 36082 51B5Min 1 645 Bins Frequency 2 2 3 101 5 270 10 0 523 100 15 1000 72 10000 25 100 1000 10000 50000 526 SUDO 4 DT This graph shows an interesting bimodal distribution in command completion times with a large set of commands completing within less than 5 microsecond and another set of commands requiring 1 20 milliseconds to complete By sorting and analyzing this pattern the user can more easily understand which commands are resulting in long completion times and causing performance degradation 219 Version 6 25 SATASuite Use
220. te User Manual Step 13 Select Trigger A cell will appear to the right of the second button Timer 3 000s WII saying Trigger Your sequence configuration is now complete and should look like this Global State active at all times Sequence 1 State 1 Error y prr pe prop o prp a ru Sequence 1 State 2 p Eripe pro e pru re Timers let you set a time delay for a trigger or other action The following example illustrates how timers work Sequence 1 State 1 TRIGGER Sequence 1 State 2 TRIGGER This example reads Look for a Primitive When you see one wait three seconds then To create the example shown above perform the following steps Version 6 25 Using a Timer trigger Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 78 Click the New Event button to open the Event menu Select an event such as Primitive from the menu An event button appears in the Available Events area Drag the event button into a Sequence cell marked Drag an event here to add another state Once the button is added the cell turns blue and acquires a title like Sequence 1 State 1 Below the cell a new cell appears marked Drag an event here to add another state Click the New Events button The Events menu opens Select Timer A Timer button appears in the Available Events list Drag the Timer Button to the cell marked Drag an event here to add another state The cell turns blue
221. ted and other conditions that are to exist throughout part or all of the traffic generation This file must be included in the traffic generation file There are fifteen groups of settings in this file e AutoMode e COMINIT COMRESET OOB Signal e COMWAKE OOB Signal e COMSAS OOB Signal Generation Commands Link Speed e SATA Link Initialization e SAS Speed Negotiation SATA Speed Negotiation e Autowait SAS After SAS Before eSATA After eSATA Before Wait Command Timeout e Scrambling Mode Details about each group of settings are described in the following chapter Traffic Generation Language 161 Version 6 25 162 SATASuite User Manual Editing Settings inc Text in the Settings inc file can be edited directly or copied into the beginning of the traffic generation file and edited there Many users opt for this latter approach include Creneration nclude PrimitivesDecl inc Boinclude Generation MncludeVsettings inc set Generationbllode GEN MODE S4T HOST Creneration When editing global settings keep in mind the following rule e helast line encountered before the generation block takes precedence Thus if the following two lines about the device emulation were added just above the generation block the second would take effect set GenerationMode GEN MODE SATA HOST set GenerationMode GEN MODE SATA DEVICE amp include Generation Include Settings inc include Generation Include SSPF
222. tep 1 Select an event from the Select Event menu and drag it to the Global State Cell in the center of the dialog box Step 2 Click the small channel buttons on the selected Event button to select the channels for the actions Step 3 Right click the event and select Add Counter A dialog box opens SMP SMP Actions miren ppp pre Count 15 Function any SMP Frame Function Result Any Channels v Al Di Fie M Count fi E NOT Match on the opposite of this event D esc Every 15th occurence on channels 11 T1 12 ar T2 of any of the selected SMP Frames Step 4 In the text box to the right of the label Count enter a value Step 5 Make sure the checkbox to the left of the label Count is checked Step 6 Click the X in the top right corner of the dialog box to close the dialog A counter button should appear below your selected event Global State active at all times Error tpe pa pepe ra TRIGGER Count 5 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Creating Event Sequences States LeCroy Corporation Event sequences are chains of events leading to some action A sequence is a Sequence 1 State 1 Prim Category o gripe Prop o prp s rad Sequence 1 State 2 zu TRIGGER im fray 2 prope prop fra multi event if then condition If x followed by y followed by z occurs trigger Event sequences are created by dragging two or more buttons into the Sequence cell The
223. the SATASuite software functions You can learn the function of each button by pausing the mouse pointer over them Descriptions of the buttons appear on the status bar at the bottom of the window and as tooltips above each button a Open File m Stop Recording Re upload This button appears in the Ga Save As t toolbar if Stop has been pressed during an upload Causes analyzer to re upload trace from analyzer buffer to the PC Gives options for selecting which part of the trace you want uploaded Edit as text opens a text editor for E editing traffic generation files Ey Zoom In i e Setup Record Options for SAS Tracer Zoom Out al Setup Record Options for Avalanche Wrap Find Opens a dialog for conducting complex searches Find Next repeats last Find or Go To operation ac Setup Display Options Start Recording feo Trace Panes Allows multiple traces to be locked together and scrolled in tandem This option only works with mlt traces created by multi analyzer cascades in a single recording session 32 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Reports Buttons Ay A File Information Report Opens a summary of the trace file including when it was made the Recording Options used to create the file and data on the analyzer that recorded the trace Error Report Opens the Traffic Summary window and displays a summary of errors in the trace Timing and Bus Usage Calculations
224. the analyzer and add both the host and its PC to the dialog From the menu select Setup gt Analyzer Network The Analyzer Network dialog box opens This dialog lists host PCs and their analyzers The listed devices are either currently connected or were connected at some point previously Analyzer Network El Local machine SASTracer 5M 211 SASTracer SN 202 I Ga ABIT SASTracer 5N 213 X Remove Reconnect Remove any host other than the Local Machine from the list by selecting the host and then clicking Remove You should keep in the list only the host s that you are planning to immediately use To add a host and analyzer to the list click Add A browse dialog box opens x Computer Comment al nl wprR ALT Ali Babba Goce DiscJackey CD Jukebox Ds BR wpkARPEALOY Derek Karkalov lp EELO DAM LEELO BalupsrukA Dmitri Stuka B uproni Diane Yori EET Ga WeFoos Eugene Foosball i EIUNE NB Eric June Browse to the host that has an analyzer attached to it and double click on it The host will be added to the Analyzer Network dialog Click Close to close the dialog box 149 Version 6 25 Configuring Cascaded Multiple Analyzers 150 SATASuite User Manual Step 7 Select Setup gt All Connected Devices to open the Analyzer Devices dialog box xl v SASTracer SN 211 UPALOK ID 0x1 Rev 0x3 v SASTracer SN 202 UPALOK ID 0x1 Rev 0x3 analyzer devices you want to part
225. the trigger condition was violated A command may complete with an execution time longer than the trigger timeout period but before the system has stopped recording These late commands will have both a Command Start Event and a Command End Event but the execution time still exceeds the trigger timeout An example of this is shown in the display below E File Setup Record Generate Tracker Report Search wiew Tools Window Help EE E b Hele nt 2 Ws Ee Ta Sool Mat se D D 5 T Command 4 Compl Time SET ET COMMAND na p 01 46 504 953 722 338 853 us 15 617 ms 00012600 zu SUOL i Command 5 Compl Time MS ETS ET COMMAND oon U1 45 823 571 135 261 760 us 512 842 ps Ox0012605 pu SUOL F Command 6 Compl Time COMMAND na 2 MED OUT U1 45 824 063 977 14 047 ms 000125607 E Peas 50006265L Event 12 Time Delta CMD Start Gop 1 45 824 083 977 14 047 ms Ox00126D m Event 26 ie D1 45 838 130 595 3706 ms 0x0012ED7 This display shows that the Command End Event was recorded but since the execution time exceeded the trigger timeout the command was flagged as TIMED OUT When viewing a large number of commands to determine a timeout violation use of the Compact View is helpful Select Compact from the View menu or use the Ctrl Q keyboard shortcut The resulting display is shown below E File Setup Record Generate Tracker Report Search wiew Tools Window Help HE e m 5 Fra ma Scu Mot Au 5 QD
226. the update When the second update has finished the following message appears and tells you that the update is complete d Update Complete The BusEngine has been successfully updated Please power the analyzer aff and back on for the update to take effect Step 6 To complete the update power cycle the SATASuite turn the unit off then back on If you are running Windows 2000 the Analyzer will automatically reboot and the following message will appear 224 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 2 Unsafe Removal of Device x You have unplugged or ejected a device without stopping it Unplugging or ejecting devices without first stopping them can often cause your computer to crash and lose valuable data To safely unplug or eject any of the following devices first use the Hardware wizard in the Control Panel to stop the device CJ CATE UPAS 5A5Tracer IF you frequently need to unplug this device Windows can give you an icon on the taskbar to quickly unplug ar eect your device IF you would like to use this option check the Fallewang M Show Unplug Eject icon on the taskbar 2 01 PM Step 7 Click OK In this instance you do not need to power cycle the Analyzer turn off then back on License Information Licensing information for SATASuite can be viewed by selecting Display License Information from the Help menu The License window provides maintenance expiration for S
227. the user can determine whether long command completion times are related to the number of pending commands or due to some other effect To display the Bus Utilization report select the Bus Utilization menu selection in the Report menu or click the Bus Utilization button j in the Analysis toolbar The following graphs are displayed in the bottom half of the screen Bus Utilization i m n E H a E i n CL The graph display can be customized to focus on areas of particular interest using the tools provided in the icons at the top of the graph By double clicking at any point within the graph area the Command Log File display in the top half of the screen will jump to that section of the file For more information on manipulating this display see Bus Utilization on page 130 214 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Exporting Command Log Files As with trace files Command Log Files from SATracker can be exported for use by other data analysis programs such as MicroSoft Excel The data that is exported depends to an extent on the data displayed on the screen In the default SATracker display the timestamps for each event are combined for convenience in reading the log file with the command number as shown below i Command 230 Compl Time W otart Start 12 24 152 402 752 2 655 us 52 150 ps OxOOQ000EE If timestamps are desired in the exported data file the firs
228. tives ATA Error Incomplete Command D T4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9100101010 000000 cOoooococ cOooooosoco cOooooococo cOooooccc 00 0 00 0 Ready Searct Step 2 Navigate to an error within the recording by clicking the number of the Frame containing the error Step 3 Use the arrows to cycle though each occurrence of a particular error Timing Calculations The timing calculation measures timing between any two specified frames or markers The timing calculator feature is designed for tracking bus utilization and I O performance in current or previously captured trace files By default the statistics will be calculated on a complete capture file or one bounded between markers or between any two frames To run the Timing Calculator perform the following steps Step 1 From the Report menu select Timing Calculations From beginning of To End of Fame 221 47 Frame v 221 30 Maker v Frame 22147 Host opens co Marker v Frame 22150 Marker 1 Tima 121 8292517850 secs Time X 121 8292522425 secs Total Time 457 500 nanoseconds Y Calculate L Step 2 Select the range and click the Calculate button The results will then display in the window LeCroy Corporation 129 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Bus Utilization The Bus Utilization window displays information on bandwidth use To open the Bus Utilization window select Report gt Bus
229. tors 12 SATA FIS 63 65 SATASuite Trace Viewing Software 2 LeCroy Corporation Version 6 25 oave As 3 32 Saving Display Option 90 Saving the Trace 18 Script Editor 157 SCSI Commands 63 SCSI View 91 Search 138 143 Search Status 37 Searching Traces 111 203 Segmented Files 46 Self diagnostics 10 Sequence Cell 50 53 56 Sequential Events 80 Serial ATA Connectors 8 Serial ATA Protocol 2 Set Marker 39 Setting Up 10 Settings inc File 161 Show Data Block 33 Show Raw Bits 96 SMP Request Response 63 SMPFrames inc 166 Snapshot 44 Software License 226 Software Updates 221 222 Specifications 231 Split Frames 102 Spooled Recording 44 45 48 SSP Header Fields 63 SSP Information Units 63 SSPFrames inc 166 Start Recording 32 State Properties 69 States 75 Status Bar 36 Status indicator 8 Status LED 10 Stop Recording 32 Stopping a Recording 16 STP Decoding 96 STPFrames inc 166 Switches 232 System Components 7 T Target Emulation 154 Technical Support Email 227 Phone Numbers 227 Web Site 227 237 Version 6 25 Time between Dwords 138 Time between Frames 143 Time from Marker 42 Timeout Trigger 208 Timer Properties 69 Timers 80 Timestamp 86 Timing and Bus Usage Calculations 33 Timing Calculations 42 129 Tool Tips 26 Toolbar 32 Trace Viewing Level Options 95 Tracker Archive Memory Size 208 Tracker Options 206 Tracker Sweeping 210 Tracker Toolbar 206 Trademarks ii Traffic Gene
230. traces from the analyzer to an attached PC at Hi Speed the PC must have a USB 2 0 Certified Host Controller and be running Windows 2000 SP3 or Windows XP Note The CATC 10K products include 2 0 USB hubs You might see the drivers for these generic hubs being installed upon the initial plug in Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual 6 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Chapter 2 Installation This chapter describes how to set up the SATA Analyzer and create your first recording System Components e One stand alone SATA Analyzer system e One USB cable e SATASuite software program CD ROM e SATA cables e Breakout board Note Specific components included with the SATracer Trainer system vary based on model and configuration ordered Analyzer PC Requirements The SATA Analyzer and CATC 10K connect to a Host PC via USB line Please consult the readme file on the installation CD for the latest PC requirements Analyzer Hardware Description LeCroy s SATA Analyzer System is based on the CATC 10K platform Plug in modules for SATA are available with either the Internal SATA style cable connector SSOO2MAA X amp SS003MAA X or the new plug in with External Infiniband style connectors SS004MAA X below Module Part SS002MAA X amp SS003MAA X Module Part SS004MAA X LeCroy Corporation 7 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual Analyzer LED Descriptions When powered on the SATA Analyzer activates t
231. ue then the field becomes fixed length 3 CRC Calculations will be calculated by SATASuite unless told otherwise If the CRC is not explicitly set in the traffic generation file SATASuite will assume that you want it and will calculate and display it in front of the generated frames If the user provides a CRC value SATASuite will use that value even if it is incorrect This gives the user the option of configuring the generator to create errors If the generation file was created through the Export command i e File gt Export gt To Generator File Format the CRC is calculated but commented out If the source trace has a bad CRC the CRC is exported into the generation file and is not commented out The PrimitivesDecl inc file defines Primitives The file consists of a declarations left and the corresponding byte stream right Primitive SOLF Primitive EGOAF ALIGN ALIGN ALIGN ALIGN Primitive Primitive Primitive Primitive To generate Primitives copy relevant portions of text on the left i e not the bytes shown right from this file into the generator block section of the ssg file For examples of usage see primitives ssg in the Samples directory The AddressFramesDecl inc file defines Address Frames For examples of usage see AddressFrames ssg in the Samples directory The SSPFrames inc file defines SSP Frames For examples of usage see SSPFrames ssg in the Samples directory The SMPFrames
232. uence cell are conditionally enabled The Global State Cell The Global otate Cell tells the analyzer what events to look for throughout the entire recording The cell is called a Global State because the conditions you define in the cell are always active Global State active at all times p prope 1 o propa pre TRIGGER p prp pr o prope pre Register Host t TRIGGER You can place several events in this ne cell Doing so tells the analyzer to look This configuration reads for all of the events all of the time For trigger if any of these events example you could place three events occur in this cell and have each cause a trigger Such a configuration would read If any of the events occur trigger Sequence Cell Sequence cells are marked with the faint text Drag to add a new sequence The Sequence Cell is used to create event sequences An event Sequence 1 State 1 sequence is a chain of Prim Category events leading to some cam action For example If m x is followed by y and DEED then by z trigger Events linked in a chain are looked at sequentially Thus at any given time the analyzer is often only be looking for a single event out of the several that might be in the Sequence cell Sequence 1 State 2 An event sequence This reads If a primitive is followed by an error then trigger LeCroy Corporation 53 Version 6 25 54 SATASuite User Manual There can be up to 2
233. ve more than one SATracker System attached you will see a submenu allowing you to choose whether to set the Tracker Options for all systems or for a specific system only Tracker wiew Tools Help El Start Tracking x Ea iis a dh E Stop Tracking Tracker Options k t All Devices s STracker SH 600 s STracker SM 601 Note In this and the following sections the menu selections available in the Tracker menu are also available as icons in the Tracker Toolbar as follows EF En 206 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Tracker Buttons Tracker Options if multiple SATracker Start Tracking Z systems are connected this button is used for All Devices by default Em Stop Tracking Selecting the Tracker Options menu selection brings up the following screen Tracker Options All devices E General Tracker Options Channel Settings Advanced Options Tracking Type Miscellaneous Options C Snapshot Cose Beep when Trigger Occurs Timenut Trigger Tracker Archive Memory Size 9 000 MB Time Out Triggering Options M SSP Read 250 Microsecs 0 54 587 718 v SEP white 50 Micesecs 084587718 El M SSP Other 500 1 Microsecs 0 64 587 718 gt v SATA Read 50 Miesecs 064 587 718 El v SATA White 50 Microsecs 064 587 718 gt v SATA Other 50 Micesecs 64587718 v SMP feso Microsecs 1064 587 718
234. x opens Step 2 Select an a data type from the box on the left then edit the Title Appearance Type or Color boxes as appropriate Step 3 Click OK to apply the changes Creating a New Graph To create a new graph Step 1 Click EJ Step 2 From the menu select New Step 3 From the Title Appearance and Type boxes select the desired options 134 LeCroy Corporation SATASuite User Manual Version 6 25 Link Tracker Window The Link Tracker window displays a detailed chronological view of events Events are shown on a primitive by primitive basis within columns within the window each column represents a single upstream or downstream channel Time is presented as rows Idle time is shown by empty rows in the window Idles can be collapsed into gray strips running across the window Each time slot in the vertical axis represents the minimum time required by a dword to traverse the bus The time slots are not fixed in size they vary depending on how zoomed out the display is When the Link Tracker is fully zoomed in time slots for 1 5 G traffic measure 26 66 ns and time slots for 3 0 G traffic measure 13 33 ns When the Link Tracker window is fully zoomed out the grid lines disappear and the scale changes to 1 dword equaling a line measuring one pixel in height Opening the Link Tracker Window To open the Link Tracker window select Report Link Tracker or click the button marked vel window opens like the one shown below
235. y Opens a menu with options for adding content to tooltips Tooltips will display when you position the mouse pointer over an item in the Link Tracker window The options are Tooltip Display Values Tooltip Display Scrambled Values Tooltip Displays 10 bit Codes Tooltip Displays Symbols Tooltips Displays Text Decoding The following screenshot shows a tooltip in which all five options have been enabled Initiator Part Protoc p Packet 0 15 dword 31 10 dwords total alue O71 OUFFFF Scrambled Value 43028977 10 bit Code 315 136 250 13C evmbals D03 2 C D18 5 C D sS 4 c D18 3 C Text Decoding Initiator Part Protocol Type Reset Column Widths This option resets column widths to their defaults Docking and Undocking the Window You can undock the Link Tracker window by double clicking on the blue title bar along the left side of the window Once undocked the window can be dragged anywhere in the application To redock double click again on the title bar LeCroy Corporation 137 Version 6 25 138 SATASuite User Manual Setting Markers Markers can be set on any dword on any event within the Link Tracker window To set a marker right click on an event then select Set Marker from the pop up menu Once marked events can be easily navigated to via the Go to Marker command in the Search menu Frame Type Packet 20 Dword 1 ed Position Trace View on Packet 70 k Set marker Calculating Time betwe
236. y default ge LeCroy Corporation 85 Version 6 25 SATASuite User Manual General Display Options Use the General Display Options to specify the basic appearance of a view Zoom Level Adjustable in discrete increments from 10 to 200 percent Enable Tips Select to enable Tool Tips with explanation text to pop up when you position your cursor over various fields in the Trace View Wrap Causes packets to wrap within the window if their length exceeds the width of the window Hierarchy Lines Adds faint lines shown Transaction right to the left side of the trace showing the D hierarchical relationship of the Frames prse j Transactions etc within the trace When this 0 option is enabled the lines display any time TimeDelta you cascade higher level decodes Right click cell context menu Activates z the right mouse button for opening cell 1 context menus Timestamp At The Beginning Moves the timestamp from the end of the Frame to near the beginning Trace Viewing Level Allows you to select the hierarchical level at which traffic is displayed Display Configuration Name Comment field associated with the opt file containing the current Display Options values You can also create and store your unique Display Options for future use To create a new Display Options file follow these steps Step 1 Enter a comment for the new file in the Display Configuration Name field Step 2 Click Save Step

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