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News Release from: Kozio | Subject: KDiagnostics
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 May 2006
Diagnostics software takes in LSI
storage core
Kozio has integrated support for LSI Logic Corp's Fusion-MPT into the I/O Engine path validation tool feature of the company's kDiagnostics software.
Kozio has integrated support for LSI Logic Corp's Fusion-MPT into the I/O Engine path validation tool feature of the company's kDiagnostics software This expands Kozio's data validation support to include full datapath validation for Ultra 320 SCSI, Fibre Channel and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), whether through a host bus adapter (HBA) or using an LSI Logic chip directly on a custom hardware platform
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Apr 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We welcome the support from Kozio, and see this collaboration as a way to bring added value, convenience and time and cost savings to our mutual customers", stated Charlie Kraus, Director, HBA Business Unit, LSI Logic.
Kozio's kDiagnostics and the I/O Engine feature provide a full diagnostics package for custom board testing and debugging.
The I/O Engine feature provides the ability to discover attached devices and generate multiple I/O data threads to multiple devices, taking advantage of processor features such as direct memory access (DMA) operations and providing performance characterisations.
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Test software rides on AMCC evaluation board
AMCC's newly introduced PowerPC 450EP evaluation kit will include Kozio's kDiagnostics test software.
Diagnostics software supports PCI Express
Kozio now offers full diagnostics support for custom boards using PCI Express.
This feature has been pre-verified using PCI-X and PCI Express adapters providing Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) connectivity.
Test suites and scripting capabilities provide an easy real-time mechanism for creating regression tests.
kDiagnostics validates the entire data path, from processor to storage device, for any platform using Fusion-MPT.
Kozio delivers a turnkey image that can be programmed into Flash memory.
The product is self-booting and self-executing, allowing hardware to be validated before any boot loader, operating system or application software is ready.
A full board test report is ready in minutes after running Kozio's preverified software.
"We recognise that LSI Logic is on the leading edge of providing storage technology".
"With this new release supporting Fusion-MPT technology, we provide turnkey data path validation for any LSI chip adhering to this interface specification", said Joseph Skazinski, Kozio's president and co-founder.
"This allows our customers to revamp their board bring-up process and reduce their board validation time by weeks".
LSI Logic recently announced new SAS host bus adapters (HBAs) for PCI Express that incorporate Fusion-MPT technology, supporting a trend towards integrated SoCs using standard firmware interface technology such as Fusion-MPT to allow product developers a simpler mechanism for writing device drivers.
Support for custom processor boards using Fusion-MPT technology is available immediately.
Kozio's diagnostics software is available for a free 30-day evaluation on numerous evaluation platforms.
The I/O Engine feature can be evaluated on platforms that allow a PCI, PCI-X or PCI Express adapter using Fusion-MPT technology.
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