Document Outline

• SAS Suite User Manual
• Copyright
• Contents
• Chapter 1: Overview
  • General Description
  • Avalanche Features
  • SASTracer/Trainer Features
• Chapter 2: Installation
  • System Components
  • Analyzer PC Requirements
  • Analyzer Hardware Description
    • Avalanche System
    • SASTracer/ Trainer System
  • Setting Up the Analyzer
  • Connecting SAS/SATA Devices to the Analyzer
    • Avalanche Connectors
    • SASTracer Connectors
  • Installing the SASSuite Software
  • Making a Recording on the SASTracer Analyzer
    • Stopping a Recording
    • Interrupting the Upload Process
    • Saving the Trace
  • Probe Control Settings
    • Avalanche Systems
    • SASTracer Systems
• Chapter 3: Software Overview
  • Starting the SASSuite Program
  • Opening Sample Traces
  • Opening "Older" Trace Files
  • Tool Tips
  • Trace Tool Tips
  • The Menu Bar
  • Toolbar
    • Floating the Decode Toolbar
  • Pop-Up Menus
  • Status Bar
    • Recording Progress
    • Recording Status
    • Recording Activity
    • Search Status
  • Navigation Tools
    • Zoom In
    • Zoom Out
    • Wrap
  • Adding Comments to the Recording
  • Set Marker
  • Edit or Clear Marker
  • Timing Calculations on Markers
• Chapter 4: Avalanche Recording Options
  • General Recording Options
    • Recording Type
    • Options
    • Buffer Size
    • Trigger Position
    • Save As Multi- segment Trace
  • Channel Settings
    • Speed Settings
    • Channel Settings
  • Triggering/Filtering
    • Building Filters
  • Global Rules And Sequences
    • Building Global Rules
    • Building Sequences
    • Events
    • Actions
  • Recording Options - Channels
    • Where Custom Channel Names Appear
  • Saving and Loading Recording Options
• Chapter 5: SASTracer Recording Options
  • General Recording Options
    • Recording Type
    • Options
    • Recording Scope
  • Channel Settings
    • Speed Settings
    • Channel Settings
  • Recording Rules
  • Recording Rules Toolbar
  • Recording Rules Page - How it Works
    • Selecting Events
    • Selecting a Channel on an Event Button
  • Assigning an Action
    • Dragging a Button to the Global State Cell or Sequence Cell
  • Types of Pop-up Menus
    • Global State Cell and Sequence Cell Pop-up Menus
    • Event Pop-up Menu
    • Action Pop-up Menu
  • New Events Menu
  • Types of Properties Dialog Boxes
    • Properties Dialog Box - General Features
  • Event Properties Dialog Boxes - Descriptions
  • Primitives
    • Primitive Categories Properties Dialog
    • Primitives Properties Dialog
  • Frames
    • Open Address Frames Properties Dialog
    • Identify Frames Properties Dialog
    • SSP Frames Properties Dialog
    • SMP Frames Properties Dialog
  • SCSI Commands
    • SCSI Primary Command Set Properties Dialog
    • SCSI Block Command Set Properties Dialog
    • Media Changer Command Set Properties Dialog
    • Stream Command Set Properties Dialog
    • SSP Information Unit: Response IU
  • SATA FIS
  • ATA Commands
    • ATA Commands Properties Dialog
  • ATAPI Commands
    • ATAPI Command Properties Dialog
  • Bus Conditions and OOB Signals
    • Bus Conditions and OOB Signals
  • Errors
    • Errors Properties Dialog
  • Breakout Board Data
    • Breakout Board Data Properties Dialog
  • State Properties Dialog
    • Timer Properties Dialog
  • Actions Tab in the Properties Dialog
  • Assigning Actions
  • Setting Conditions: The Role of the Global State Cell
    • Filter In and Filter Out
    • Filter In or Out Everything
    • Counting Events
  • Creating Event Sequences
    • States
    • How to Create an Event Sequence
    • Using a Timer
  • Recording Options - Channels
    • Where Custom Channel Names Appear
• Chapter 6: Display Options
  • General Display Options
  • Setting Color, Formatting, and Hiding Options
    • Setting Color Display Options
    • Changing Field Formats
    • Hiding Display Options
  • Level Hiding Options
  • Display Options - Headers
  • Saving Display Options
• Chapter 7: Reading a Recording
  • Recording View Features
  • Frame, Transport, SCSI, and Management Views
  • STP Decoding
    • STP and SATA Traffic Over Hosts and Expanders
  • View Raw Bits
    • Running Disparity
  • Expanding and Collapsing Fields
    • SAS Zoning
    • Expanding a Data Payload
  • View Data Block Window
    • Description of View Data Block Window
  • Incomplete Frames Handling and Display
    • Split Frames
  • Compact View
  • Export Options
    • Packets to Text (Packet View Format)
    • Export to Generator File Format
    • Packets to EAS Format
    • Export to CSV Format
• Chapter 8: Searching Recordings
  • Go to Trigger
  • Go to Event ...
  • Go to Marker
  • Go To
  • Find
    • Complex Searches
    • Event Groups
    • Union, Intersection, and Exclusion
    • Using Find
    • Find Next
• Chapter 9: External Interface for Trigger In /Out
  • BNC/SMA External In / Out
    • Using the SMA Trigger Out on an Avalanche
    • Using the SMA Trigger In on an Avalanche
    • Using the BNC Trigger Out on SASTracer
    • Using the BNC Trigger In on a SASTracer
  • Breakout Board Trigger In / Out
  • Pin-Outs for the Data In/Out Connector
    • Prototype Rework Area
  • Configuring Input Signaling through the Breakout Board
    • Triggering an Avalanche System
    • Triggering a SASTracer System
• Chapter 10: Reports
  • File Information
  • Traffic Summary
  • Error Summary
  • Timing Calculations
  • Bus Utilization
  • Link Tracker Window
  • Frame Tracker Window
• Chapter 11: Networking
  • Working with Multiple Analyzers
  • Hardware Setup for Direct USB Connections
  • Setup for Cascaded Multiple Analyzer Use
    • Using Multiple SASTracer Analyzers
    • Using Multiple Avalanche Analyzers
  • Set Up for Remote Access over an IP LAN
  • Configuring the Connection
    • USB Connected Analyzers
    • Remote Analyzers Over an IP Network
    • Recording Multi-Trace Files
  • Merging Traces
  • Network Chat
• Chapter 12: Traffic Generation with SASTrainer
  • SAS/SATA Exerciser Hardware
  • Setting Up SAS/SATA Exerciser for Initiator Emulation
  • Setting Up SAS/SATA Exerciser for Target Emulation
  • Generating Traffic
    • Creating a Traffic Generation File with SASSuite
  • Opening a Traffic Generation File
    • Layout
  • Starting the Script Editor
    • Toolbar
    • File Tabs
    • Error Log
  • Overview of Generation and Global Settings Files
    • Traffic Generation (*.ssg) Files
    • Settings.inc File
  • Primitive and Frame Definitions
    • Special Conditions for Frames
    • Primitives Decl.inc
    • Address FramesDecl .inc
    • SSPFrames .inc
    • SMPFrames .inc
    • STPFrames .inc
  • Working with Generation Files
  • Generating Traffic
    • Stop Traffic Generation
    • Resume Traffic Generation
• Chapter 13: SASTrainer Generation Language
  • File Structure
    • Declarations
    • Generation blocks
  • Language
    • Comments:
    • Includes:
    • Settings
    • Constants
    • Predefined Constants
    • Data Patterns
    • Primitives
    • Packets/ Frames
  • Generation Block
  • Definitions
    • Field Variable Declarations
    • Changing Frame Fields
    • Preprocess or integer arithmetic
    • Loops
  • SASTrainer Generation Commands
    • General Commands
    • SATA Commands
    • Primitive Commands
    • Wait Commands
    • Wait Command Groups
    • Predefined Constants
    • Generation Settings
  • Setting Complex "Wait For" Conditions
    • Setting Conditions with the Generation Options Dialog
• Chapter 14: SASTracker Systems
  • Product Configurations
  • Theory of Operation
  • Installing the SASTracker Command Analyzer
    • Changing the BusEngine
  • Preparing to Track a Command Sequence
    • Tracking Type
    • Misc. Options
    • Tracker Archive Memory Size
    • Time Out Triggering Options
    • Command Log Filename
    • Saving Tracker Option Settings
    • Speed Settings
    • Channel Settings
    • Tracker Sweeping
  • Viewing Command Log Files
  • Command Log File Reports
  • Exporting Command Log Files
    • Working with Exported Data Files
    • Creating a Histogram using Microsoft Excel
• Chapter 15: Updates and Licensing
  • Software, Firmware and BusEngine Versions
  • Software Updates
  • Automatic BusEngine and Firmware Updates
    • Updating the BusEngine
    • Updating the Firmware
    • Automatic Updates
  • License Information
  • Updating the Software License
  • Check for Updates
  • Register Product Information
  • Limited Hardware Warranty
• Appendix A: Specifications
  • Avalanche Systems
    • Connectors
    • Indicators
    • Physical and Environmen tal
  • SASTracer/Trainer Systems
    • Package
    • Power Require- ments
    • Environ- mental Conditions
    • Probing Character- istics
    • Recording Memory Size
    • Host PC Require- ments
    • Switches
    • LEDs
  • Miscellaneous Information
• Index