Chapter 1: Introduction; Analyzer Overview - LeCroy Sierra M6-2 User Manual

Introduction
This manual describes installation and operation of the LeCroy 
Sierra M6‐2™ Protocol Analyzer and includes examples of typical applications.
Figure 1.1: LeCroy Sierra M6-2 Protocol Analyzer

Analyzer Overview

The Sierra M6‐2 SAS/SATA Protocol Analyzer is a serial bus analyzer, supports host and
device emulation, generates traffic, and provides error injection functionality. The SAS
analyzer software performs serial bus analysis for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) data
transfers, as well as Serial ATA (SATA) data transfers through STP data transfers. The SATA
analyzer software performs serial bus analysis for Serial ATA (SATA) data transfers.
The Sierra M6‐2 Analyzer helps Hardware, Firmware, Design, and Application Engineers
troubleshoot and diagnose SAS and SATA problems within their product. The analyzer
supports the following:
The analyzer provides for bi‐directional trigger and capture of commands, primitives,
patterns and all bus conditions. You can capture all frames and/or exclude traffic.
Sierra M6‐2 SAS/SATA Protocol Analyzer User Manual
Capture, triggering, and filtering of Serial Attached SCSI packets or Serial ATA
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packets
Generation of bus traffic as a SAS Initiator Emulator or a SATA Host Emulator,
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while monitoring and analyzing results
SAS target emulation and SATA device emulation
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Running a Pattern Generator
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TX Vout on transmitters for test and characterization
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CATC API
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