SAS/SATA Design Verification Test Tools

Data Sheet

U3053A & U3054A BusMod Error Injector & BIST Generator for PRO & Micro Series SAS/SATA Analyzers

For today’s SAS and SATA developers and integrators, verifying design robustness and error recovery can be a challenging task, especially when it is difficult to duplicate test cases and customer issues.

Troubleshooting is further complicated by ever-climbing storage capacities, network architectures, data rates, and protocol complexity.

The BusMod Error Injector gives designers the ability to insert a variety of errors into a live data stream to test real-time error handling, system recovery, and duplication of issues seen in the field.

Used in conjunction with the BusXpert SAS/SATA analyzers, users can easily verify correct and incorrect responses to issues caused by the error injector. BusMod’s error injection provides the ability to create random and defined line errors such as CRC or 8b10b encoding errors, modify or replace frames, frame data and primitives.

BusMod also has the capability of generating the SATA Built-In-Self-Test (BIST) frame for testing physical compliance of both hosts and devices. Used with the Frame Error Rate Counter (FERC) capability of the BusXpert analyzers, the BusXpert Micro and Pro systems become versatile SATA compliance test tools.

Support for SAS and SATA 1.5 / 3.0 / 6.0 Gbps speeds

- Up to 4 ports on the PRO and 2 ports on the Micro of error injection

- Available as a stand-alone system.

- License by port / speed / protocol fordesired configurations

Unparalleled Error Injection

- Connect / Disconnect link

- CRC, 8b10b encoding, Running Disparity (RD+/-), and Invalid Symbol encoding error generation

- Replace / substitute primitives

- Replace frame values (with or without CRC regeneration)

- Insert / Delete DWORD into / from frame

Powerful GUI

- Based on BusXpert software

- Easy definition of frames

- Random or interval error generation

- Logical branching and arguments

- Integrated with analysis software

System Requirements

To get the best performance out of your BusMod Error Injector, we recommend the following systems:

- Minimum configuration: 1.5 Ghz Celeron or AMD equivalent processor, 1 GB of Memory, Gigabit Ethernet and/or USB, Graphics capable of supporting 1024x768

- Recommended Configuration: 2.8 Ghz or greater dual-core processor, 3 GB or greater of 1.3 Ghz FSB memory, PCIe x4 or ExpressCard slot, Graphics capable of supporting 1920x1200 or greater

BusXpert software is compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista, Windows 7 32 and 64-bit platforms.

BusXpert is also compatible with Linux: Ubuntu 9.10, Fedora 12, and RedHat/CentOS 5.4.

BusXpert requires minimum of 90MB for installation.

About SerialTek

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