Agilent's 173x Series Fibre Channel Test systems are used to debug, characterize, validate and test Fibre Channel based equipment, systems, infrastructures and services. They are used by leading Semiconductor and Equipment manufacturers, System integrators, Network and Service providers, and also end-user organisations.
The SAN Tester application is also highly relevant to major enterprises such as financial institutions for testing the standards conformance, performance, interworking compatibility and fallback resilience of their critical storage area networks. |
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Overview
The Agilent SAN Tester modular, scalable test solution combines Fibre Channel Protocol Analysis, Traffic Generation and Fabric Performance Measurement in a common versatile, multi-user N2X chassis, helping you get instant insights into your system with multiple applications and analysis tools. The SAN tester software application helps you configure your test modules to stimulate your Fibre Channel design with configurable traffic and characterize its performance and scalability with multiple real-time measurements including Throughput, Latency, Lost frames and Errors. The SAN Tester application can be used to test Fibre Channel Semiconductors, Switches, Directors & Fabrics. Each test port can be configured as one or multiple Fibre Channel devices sending and receiving wire speed traffic to other devices. Port to Port, partial mesh and full mesh configurations can be created, testing your devices with realistic or extreme traffic conditions. It provides extensive parametric control of wire speed Fibre Channel Traffic generation and real time continuous monitoring of performance, robustness, reliability of SAN systems. Thanks to the scalability of the Agilent platform, it can test individual devices to large-scale SAN infrastructures.
Fibre Channel Protocol Analysis
The Protocol Analysis software application will help you record traffic between multiple Fibre Channel devices, display it with the appropriate decoding function, helping you quickly find out the root cause of elusive problems. Each analyzer is able to capture relevant information by combining a deep trace and an intuitive high-level multilevel, multi-branch triggering and filtering sequencer. Time correlation is provided between all of the analyzers modules, enabling multi-port, system-level measurement
System Configuration The Agilent SAN Tester system consists of a dedicated N2X system controller and one or more N2X chassis containing SAN Test Modules for specific test requirements. The system controller provides a graphical interface to drive applications running on the Test Modules.
System Controller
A number of system controllers are available depending on your performance requirements. The controller provides an easy-to use Windows® environment.
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N2X Chassis
SAN Tester uses the Agilent N2X chassis in dedicated mode. Easily daisy chain multiple chassis to create the industry's highest density of test ports. The highly compact 4-slot chassis and 2-slot portable chassis are available for both development environment and in-field use. Hot-swappable Test Cards can be moved between chassis without affecting other test sessions.
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SAN Tester Modules
1736A -Fibre Channel Test Module 2 Ports - 1, 2, 4 and 8Gb/s FC
1736B - Fibre Channel Test Module 4 Ports - 1, 2, 4 and 8Gb/s FC
1735A - Fibre Channel Test Module 2 Ports - 1, 2, and 4 Gb/s FC The tester modules combine Fibre Channel protocol analysis, traffic generation and performance test on multiple independent pairs of Fibre Channel ports. Downloading the appropriate features on the modules prior to the test makes it possible to reuse the same hardware for different test scenarios.
Configured as a protocol analyzer, the module includes independent full-duplex analysis subsystems, each one able to capture relevant information on a deep trace buffer through an intuitive high-level multilevel, multibranch triggering and filtering sequencer. Time correlation is provided between all of the analyzers, enabling multiport, system-level measurement.
Configured as an active tester with the SAN Tester application, the module provides Fibre Channel traffic generation on independent ports at wire speeds of 1 Gb/s to 8 Gb/s, with allowances for any combination of data, error, link, fabric control and fabric services test. Each port can be independently set up and operated, and provides simultaneous line speed traffic generation and real-time continuous measurement capabilities. Live measurements can be made while test is running, helping you see in real time the operation of your system under test.
Features
- Expandable, modular, multi-port, multi-user architecture with high port density
- Test customization and automation through standard TCL scripting language
- Multi level, multibranch triggering and filtering sequencer
- Deep 1 Gbyte Capture Trace per analysis subsystem
- Hierarchical trace display of trace content
- Hardware accelerated search in trace content
- Multilayer user-definable traffic generation and analysis at full wire speed
- Simultaneous data plane and fabric services test
- Configurable test port behavior to mimic various HBAs
- Device Virtualization capabilities help simulate a large scale SAN of 2000 devices within a 2U rack
- Port State machine control
- Error injection
- Real time performance measurement, including throughput, latency, lost frames, BB credit
- Real time link error measurements, including loss-of-sync and disparity errors
- Name server Test
- State change notification latency test
- Failover recovery
For more information on Agilent Technologies' products in the UK and Ireland, contact Phoenix Datacom on 01296 397711 or send an email to info@phoenixdatacom.com
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