Teledyne LeCroy Summit Z3-16 PCI Express Multi-lane Exerciser User Manual - Manual (Page 29)

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Setting Up the Summit Z3‐16 Exerciser Teledyne LeCroy
Click the Recent button to display a list of recently added devices (up to 15) and quickly
add a recently used device.
Click the Ping button to ping a device as a network node (prompting an error message if
no response). Ping also allows PETracer to detect a device type before actually connecting
to the device.
If the "Ping" feature discovers that the device is already connected and "locked" then it
will inform the user and provide information about who locked the device.
Click Setup ‐> All Connected Devices to display the Analyzer Devices dialog .
If software fails to connect to a manually added device, a message displays notifying the
user about the connection failure. The user is given the option to keep the failed device in
the device list, in this case PETracer displays a "Failed to connect" status message in grey.
Square brackets for IP addresses are used for manually added devices to easily distinguish
them from auto‐discovered devices.
Figure 3.10: Add Ethernet Attached Devices Dialog
3.5 Setting Up the Summit Z3-16 Exerciser
The Summit Z3‐16 Exerciser can test both the host and device sides of a PCI Express link
through the use of two types of adapters:
 Motherboards and host controllers: When using the Summit Z3‐16 Exerciser as
a device emulator, the Summit Z3‐16 Exerciser is an adapter card that fits into
motherboards and other slotted PCI Express devices.
 PCI Express add‐on cards: Using a Summit Z3‐16 PCI Express Multi‐Lane Exer‐
ciser User Manual. A PCI Express Test Platform is a box‐like adapter with a slot
for testing PCI Express cards.
Both of these test devices can be purchased from Teledyne LeCroy.