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Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Validation ToolInformation Sheet
SAS Protocol Validation
Test Suite
PacketMaker™ SVT
PRODUCT ORDERING INFORMATION
Model Number Description
PM-SAS-1501ePM-SAS-1504ePM-SAS-1504Qe
PM-SAS-3001ePM-SAS-3002e
PM-DEVPM-SVT
PacketMaker II Traffic Generators(1)
SAS PacketMaker II, 1 Phy Link, (1.5 Gb/s)(2)
SAS PacketMaker II, 4 Phy Link, (1.5 Gb/s)(2)
SAS PacketMaker II, 4 Phy Link, H/W emulation, (1.5 Gb/s)(2)
SAS PacketMaker II, 1 Phy Link, (1.5 & 3.0 Gb/s)(2)
SAS PacketMaker II, 2 Phy Link, (1.5 & 3.0 Gb/s)(2)
SoftwarePacketMaker Development Software Upgrade(3)(4)
PacketMaker II SAS Validation Tool(4)
(1): Includes: PM2 board, GUI control software, user manual and API.
(2): Includes PM-DEV.
(3): Provides 3 SAS/SATA focused PacketMaker II test tools that cut the development process and time-to-market of new SAS/SATA devices. a) Extreme SCSI issues any SCSI command to any device running the SAS/SATA
protocols. b) Extreme Manufacturing test environment is designed for SAS/SATA peripheral
testing as well as manufacturing, DVT, ORT, incoming inspection and final inspection.
c) Scriptgen is an easy to use tool for rapidly creating simple or complex test scripts.
(4): Requires a PacketMaker II Traffic Generator.
Please specify model number, name and quantity when ordering. Please contactData Transit or one of its Sales Representatives or Distributors for the latest pric-ing and availability.
Once the user has selected which tests torun, he or she can click the start button (tri-angle) on the menu bar to begin running thetest sequence.
Special setup instructions for certain testsare displayed in the top right window v. Theinformation instructs the user to take certainsteps before the testing can proceed. Forexample, if the user sees the message: con-nect a target to link 1, the user must per-form this action before the PacketMakerSVT continues running the rest of the tests.
After each test is run, the results are shownin the window w on the bottom right handside. Tests that passed are shown in green;tests that failed are highlighted in red withcauses of the failure given. During the run-ning of any particular test, the test nameshows up in blue color in the “select test”window. The result window is a scrolling textdisplay.
The information shown in the results win-dows is saved into a log file. In addition, thisfile can be printed.
Clear and concise help files describe thepurpose of each test and the meaning ofany specific output when a failure occurs.
CONCLUSIONAs storage protocols become increasinglymore intricate, so must the tools designed totest and verify their conformance to specifi-cations.
The PacketMaker SVT is an invaluable pro-tocol testing tool useful for any SAS designand development environment. It will dra-matically reduce the amount of time andresources required for manufacturers to gettheir products to conform with the SAS spec-ification.
There are tests for the Physical, Link, andTransport layers of SAS targets andexpanders. Tests include aspects of:
Phy LayerÁ OOB Burst TimeÁ OOB Idle TimeÁ OOB SetsÁ Phy Reset
Link LayerÁ BREAKs Á Credit complianceÁ Connection tagsÁ PrimitivesÁ Flow Control
The PacketMaker SVT employs a simple touse graphical user interface that allows theuser to select which tests to run, to launchthe tests and to display the results.
The tests are organized and grouped in theleft window u and are presented in a treeview format. A user selects the tests (orgroup of tests) to run by clicking on thecheckboxes to the left of each test or testgroup heading.
PacketMaker SVT’s Main GUI Window
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OVERVIEWSAS (Serial Attached SCSI) protocol verifi-cation testing is important in reducing incom-patibility risks when interconnecting SASproducts from different manufacturers.
This need is made even more important asSAS, developed for server and enterprisestorage markets, is a complex and challeng-ing protocol to test and analyze.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONThe new SVT (SAS Validation Tool) fromData Transit is a protocol verification tooldesigned for SAS targets and expanders.The software test suite is a Windows appli-cation that operates with the Data TransitSAS PacketMaker II (PM2) Traffic Generatorcard.
Consisting of several hundred tests drawnfrom the SAS specifications authored by theSCSI Trade Association, the SVT is capableof checking and validating many differentareas of conformance to the SAS protocolspecification.
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