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News Release from: Logic Technology | Subject: Catalyst STX-430 Series
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 October 2005
Protocol analysers add full SAS and SATA
coverage
Catalyst Enterprises has announced a major hardware upgrade to its STX Master Series of SAS and SATA protocol analysers.
Catalyst Enterprises has announced a major hardware upgrade to its STX Master Series of SAS and SATA protocol analysers This new capability provides developers the ability to use up to eight multiport analysers to capture and display time-synchronised SAS or SATA traffic on up to 32 links, using a single, integrated configuration and display interface
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The datacommunication models and advanced topologies used in modern storage technologies present unique challenges to the developer community", stated Paul Mutschler, Director, Storage Division, Catalyst Enterprises: "The ability to collectively capture and time-correlate multiple asynchronous SAS or SATA traffic streams that may be logically related, but are physically separate, provides a significant advantage to the developer in terms of increased visibility and instant characterisation of systemic operation".
The cascade capability synchronises up to 32 SAS and/or SATA traffic streams from up to eight STX multiport analysers into a single, intuitive display.
Captured bus traffic is automatically uploaded into a single view, which can be configured to display bus traffic from any or all of the individual links captured.
A cross-channel trigger capability is also provided, which allows users to specify events that may occur on any channel monitored to satisfy a trigger condition.
Complex trigger and filter capabilities are easily defined using either an easy mode interface or Catalyst's powerful, advanced mode 24-level state sequencer.
The cascade capability is the latest in a series of powerful feature enhancements to Catalyst's hardware-based SAS/SATA analyser/emulator solution.
The STX Master Series is an all-in-one development solution for engineering professionals involved in storage architecture design in the rapidly growing SAS and SATA technology markets.
The STX-230 (two-port), STX-430 (four-port) and STX-430IB (wide port) are designed to provide full analysis and emulation coverage for SATA and SAS protocols, including an ability to analyse both protocols simultaneously and at different speeds.
The cascade capability is available now as a standard feature on Catalyst STX-430 Series analyser/emulator systems, available from Logic Technology.
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