Converting I-Tech Traces; Opening Traces; Converter Notes - Viavi Xgig User Manual

Converting I-Tech Files
• I-Tech Satellite Fibre Channel captures
I-Tech Data can be captured using the Satellite software. It is recommended to use version 2.10.1
or higher of this software for capture.

Converting I-Tech traces

To convert a trace, open the trace with either Xgig Expert or Xgig TraceView:
1 Select
Change the
2
Figure 179: Open I-Tech Trace for Conversion
Navigate to the directory where the trace is stored.
3
Double-click the .SAT file which you want to convert.
4
5 If the trace has been previously converted, you will be prompted to overwrite the trace or abort
the conversion.
6 The trace will then be converted to Xgig trace format. A screen displays showing the progress
of the conversion. Once conversion is complete, the trace automatically opens in the Xgig
application.

Opening traces

Once the trace file has been converted, the files can be reopened by simply opening the .TGP file
in the same directory where the original .sat file was. This file can be opened with Xgig Expert via
the
File>Open
or using
File>Open

Converter notes

SAS Scrambled Idle Dwords and SATA/STP Scrambled Primitive Data will be discarded upon
conversion. Only primitives with valid K-characters are converted (with the exception of errors).
Xgig Analyzer User's Guide
File>Open from the Xgig application.
selector to
Files Of Type
menu or in Xgig TraceView by simply double-clicking on the TGP file in explorer
.
Chapter 18, Converting Files from Other Platforms
as shown below:
I-Tech (*.SAT)
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