Teledyne LeCroy PETracer Summit and Summit T2-16 PCIe User Manual - Manual (Page 15)

Summit User Manual Chapter 1: Overview
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1.4 PETracer Gen2 Summit Analyzer
The Teledyne LeCroy PETracer Gen2 Summit is Teledyne LeCroy’s first-generation
high-performance 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 2.0, data rates of both 2.5
and 5 GBps, lane widths from x1 to x16, and a full 8 GB of memory, the PETracer Gen2
Summit provides excellent capability and flexibility for developers and users of advanced
PCI Express products.
As with other Teledyne LeCroy PCI Express analyzers, the PETracer Gen2 Summit
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
PETracer Gen2 Summit supports “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 PETracer Gen2 Summit 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 Bit Tracer
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 PETracer Gen2 Summit supports both a USB and a 10/100 MBps Ethernet LAN port
as standard features. By connecting over a LAN, 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.