Teledyne LeCroy Sierra M122 User Manual - Manual (Page 17)

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Chapter 1
Introduction
This manual describes installation and operation of the Teledyne LeCroy Sierra M122™
Protocol Analyzer and includes examples of typical applications.
Figure 1.1: Teledyne LeCroy Sierra M122 Protocol Analyzer
1.1 Analyzer Overview
The Sierra M122 is a SAS/SATA Protocol Analyzer allows the examination of the
communication between SAS/SATA devices by displaying and decoding the protocol traffic
exchanged by these devices. The Sierra M122 Analyzer is typically used by Hardware,
Firmware, Design and Application Engineers during the development of a new product or
the verification of an existing product. The Sierra M122 Analyzer allows capturing,
triggering and filtering of Serial Attached SCSI or Serial ATA traffic.
The analyzer provides for bi‐directional trigger and capture of commands, primitives,
patterns and all bus conditions. The analyzer allows to either capture all traffic or
selectively include/exclude certain types of traffic and traffic patterns. The start of
capturing can be either trigger based on specific conditions or manually by pressing a
button.
The Sierra M122 Analyzer has a USB port and an Ethernet port to connect to a computer.
You can cascade analyzer units for higher port counts.
The Sierra M122 Analyzer provides a full range of views and statistical reports.