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Chapter 1: Introduction.........................................................................................13

Analyzer Overview...................................................................................................................... 13 Features....................................................................................................................................... 14 Receiving Your Analyzer............................................................................................................ 15 Unpacking the Analyzer ............................................................................................................. 15 Analyzer Features....................................................................................................................... 15

Front Panel .....................................................................................................................................................15 Rear Panel ......................................................................................................................................................16 Temperature and Humidity ...........................................................................................................................16

Installing Your Analyzer............................................................................................................. 17

Software Installation .....................................................................................................................................17 System restart .....................................................................................................................................17 Error Message .....................................................................................................................................17

Hardware Setup .............................................................................................................................................17 Separate Systems ...............................................................................................................................17 Connecting in General ........................................................................................................................17

Cascading Sierra Analyzers ...................................................................................................... 18 Connecting via Ethernet ............................................................................................................ 21

Connecting to a Network ..............................................................................................................................21 Select Device .................................................................................................................................................21 Connecting over Different Subnets .............................................................................................................26 TCP and UDP Ports Must Be Open to Connect over Ethernet ..................................................................26

Launching Your Analyzer .......................................................................................................... 26 Operating in Simulation Mode................................................................................................... 27

Using the Software ........................................................................................................................................27 Getting Started with the Protocol Analyzer.................................................................................................27

LeCroy SAS and SATA Protocol Suite Menu Options and Toolbars..................................... 28

File ..................................................................................................................................................................28 Setup...............................................................................................................................................................29

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Session ........................................................................................................................................................... 29 Analysis .......................................................................................................................................................... 30

Viewing Captured Data .......................................................................................................................31 Navigation ......................................................................................................................................................31 View ................................................................................................................................................................32 Window ........................................................................................................................................................... 33 Help ................................................................................................................................................................. 33 Toolbars .........................................................................................................................................................33 Port Status .....................................................................................................................................................34 InFusion..........................................................................................................................................................35 Analyzer and InFusion ..................................................................................................................................35

Chapter 2: Protocol Analysis ...............................................................................37

Easy Mode (Pre-Defined Setups) .............................................................................................. 37 Main Window............................................................................................................................... 37 Project Tree ................................................................................................................................. 39 Capture Tab Fields ..................................................................................................................... 39

Exclude SATA_CONT (SAS) or Exclude CONT (SATA) ...................................................................39 Exclude SATA_SYNC (SAS) or Exclude SYNC (SATA) ...................................................................39 Exclude OOB Signals .........................................................................................................................39 Exclude XXXX ......................................................................................................................................39 Exclude Payload except .....................................................................................................................39 Exclude ALIGN ....................................................................................................................................39 Exclude RRDY (SAS only) ..................................................................................................................40 Exclude NOTIFY (SAS only) ...............................................................................................................40 Exclude Idle .........................................................................................................................................40 Define different patterns for pre-trigger and post-trigger data captures .......................................40

SAS/SATA Software Menus and Toolbars ............................................................................... 40

SAS Main Toolbar..........................................................................................................................................40 SATA Main Toolbar .......................................................................................................................................41

Run Hardware ............................................................................................................................. 41

Launch Jammer .............................................................................................................................................43

CrossSync Control Panel........................................................................................................... 43

Launching the CrossSync Control Panel .........................................................................................43

Save Workspace ......................................................................................................................... 44 Saving a Trace Capture.............................................................................................................. 45

Exporting ........................................................................................................................................................ 46 Export to Text/Excel ............................................................................................................................46

Export to Initiator Emulator (SAS) or Host Emulator (SATA) ................................................. 47

Export Read/Write Command Report ..........................................................................................................48

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Export Paired SAS Address Report.............................................................................................................48

Projects........................................................................................................................................ 49

Project File Types..........................................................................................................................................49 Example Projects...........................................................................................................................................50 Run an Example Analysis Project................................................................................................................50

Patterns and Data Capture Setup.............................................................................................. 53

Choose a Parameter......................................................................................................................................54 Exclude Patterns ...........................................................................................................................................54 Pre and Post Trigger Data Capture..............................................................................................................55 Defining Patterns...........................................................................................................................................56 Data Pattern ...................................................................................................................................................56

Protocol Errors ........................................................................................................................... 57

Protocol Errors ..............................................................................................................................................58 STP Frame (SAS only) ........................................................................................................................59 Address Frame (SAS only) ................................................................................................................60 SMP Frame (SAS only) .......................................................................................................................60 SSP Frame (SAS only) ........................................................................................................................61 FIS (Frame Information Structure) (SATA only) ...............................................................................62 FIS Pattern (SATA only) ......................................................................................................................63 FIS Types (SAS and SATA) ................................................................................................................64 Register Device to Host ......................................................................................................................65 Set Device Bits ....................................................................................................................................65 DMA Activate .......................................................................................................................................66 DMA Setup ...........................................................................................................................................66 BIST ......................................................................................................................................................67 PIO Setup .............................................................................................................................................67 Data ......................................................................................................................................................68 Vendor ..................................................................................................................................................68

Trigger Setup .............................................................................................................................. 69

Snapshot Mode..............................................................................................................................................69 Manual Trigger Mode ....................................................................................................................................69 Any Trigger Mode ..........................................................................................................................................70 Choosing a Parameter ..................................................................................................................................71 Triggering on a Timer....................................................................................................................................71 Timeout...........................................................................................................................................................72

External Trigger ...................................................................................................................................73 Bus Condition ......................................................................................................................................73 Symbol .................................................................................................................................................74 Primitive ...............................................................................................................................................74 ATA Command ....................................................................................................................................75 ATAPI ...................................................................................................................................................76 Data Pattern .........................................................................................................................................77

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