Teledyne LeCroy PETracer Summit and Summit T2-16 PCIe User Manual - Manual (Page 13)

Summit User Manual Chapter 1: Overview
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1.3 Summit T2-16 Analyzer
The Teledyne LeCroy Summit T2-16 is Teledyne LeCroy’s fourth-generation PCI Express
analyzer for customers in server, workstation, desktop, graphics, storage and network
card markets.
With advanced features such as support for PCI Express Spec 2.1, data rates of both 2.5
and 5 GBps, lane widths from x1 to x16, and a full 8 GB of trace (recording) memory, the
Summit T2-16 provides unmatched capability and flexibility for developers and users of
advanced PCI Express products. The Summit T2-16 is the most advanced and
sophisticated PCI Express Analyzer available in the market today.
As with other Teledyne LeCroy PCI Express analyzers, the Summit T2-16 leverages the
intuitive and powerful CATC Trace analysis software system, embedding a deep
understanding of the PCI Express protocol hierarchy and intricacies. The colorful,
intuitive and easy-to-use graphical display allows you to quickly capture and validate
PCI Express product designs. All Teledyne LeCroy PCI Express protocol analyzers
employ high-impedance, non-intrusive probing technology, thereby allowing fully
unaltered data pass-through.
In addition to a full suite of advanced hardware and software features, the Summit T2-16
introduces new user-convenience and analysis features, such as support for “lane
swizzling,” which allows a board developer to lay out a mid-bus probe pad with lanes in
non-standard order, simplifying the design of the board. Internally, the Summit T2-16
maps the lanes back into their correct order and accurately displays the embedded bus
traffic. Other new software features include enhanced error checking for automatic
identification of additional error types, more compact CATC Trace files that allow for
faster analysis of data, and the choice of simplified or advanced modes for setting up
recording options. An optional raw-recording mode allows bytes to be recorded as they
come across the link, allowing debugging of PHY layer problems and combining the
features of a logic analyzer format with a protocol analyzer format. The new
auto-sense-link feature monitors negotiation between devices of different lane widths.
The Summit T2-16 supports USB and GIGE host interfaces. By connecting over GIGE,
engineers can operate the system remotely (for example, install the client software on
their desktop systems to control an analyzer operating in a remote lab). Also, multiple
engineers working collaboratively can time-share use of a single analyzer, reducing the
need for an additional analyzer for each engineer and increasing the cost effectiveness
of the product.