UNH InterOperability Lab
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Testing
Improving Networks Worldwide.
SAS Testing
Presentation Topics
• Physical Layer Test Suites
• Physical Layer Test Equipment
• Protocol Test Suites
• Protocol Test Equipment
• Interop Testing
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SAS Testing
Physical Layer
• We offer test suites for Clause 5, Clause
6 Sync, and Clause 6 OOB testing
• Also we offer testing for SAS-2 6Gbps
Physical Layer and SAS-2 Speed
Negotiation.
• All test suites can be found at:
http://www.iol.unh.edu/services/testi
ng/sas/testsuites/
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SAS Testing
Clause 5 Physical Layer Test Suite
• This test suite verifies OOB Signaling,
SAS signaling, and
Impedance/Crosstalk specifications for
SAS devices as defined in Clause 5 of
the SAS standard.
• It requires 1 week for testing
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SAS Testing
Clause 6 Sync Test Suite
• This test suite verifies the sync
specifications for SAS devices as
defined in Clause 6 of the SAS standard
• It requires 1 week for testing
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SAS Testing
Clause 6 OOB Test Suite
• This test suite verifies Out-Of-Band
specifications for SAS devices as
defined in Clause 6 of the SAS standard.
• It requires 1 week for testing
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SAS Testing
SAS-2 6Gbps Physical Layer Test Suite
• This test suite verifies the physical layer
requirements of 6Gbps SAS-2 devices.
• It requires one week for testing
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SAS Testing
SAS-2 Speed Negotiation Test Suite
• This test suite covers many of the
various changes and adjustments to
SAS Speed Negotiation introduced with
SAS 2.0. SAS 2.0 devices are required to
support these added steps, but are not
required to support 6 Gb/s operation.
• It requires 1 week for testing
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SAS Testing
Agilent DCA-J 86100C with the 5474A TDR Modules
• This platform provides the ability to
test Return Loss for physical layer
electrical SAS conformance and
Impedance Profiling.
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SAS Testing
Agilent DCA-J 86100C with the 5474A TDR Modules
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SAS Testing
LeCroy SDA11000
• This platform provides the ability to
capture real-time SAS traffic for
physical layer electrical SAS
conformance as well as protocol
analysis up to 6G speeds.
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SAS Testing
LeCroy SDA11000
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SAS Testing
Agilent 81204A 12 Ghz Realtime DSO
• This platform provides the ability to
capture real-time SAS traffic for
physical layer electrical SAS
conformance as well as protocol
analysis.
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SAS Testing
Agilent 81134A Pattern Generator
• This platform is capable of producing a
repeating pattern at speeds up to 3.35
Ghz.
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SAS Testing
Agilent J-BERT
• This platform provides the complete
jitter tolerance test solution for
characterization of serial gigabit
devices.
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SAS Testing
Agilent J-BERT
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SAS Testing
Tektronix DSA8200
• This platform provides the a complete
network and link layer analysis.
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SAS Testing
Tektronix DSA8200
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SAS Testing
Tektronix CSA8000B
• This platform provides evaluation of
datacom and telecom components,
transceiver subassemblies and
transmission systems.
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SAS Testing
Tektronix CSA8000B
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SAS Testing
Protocol Testing
• We offer protocol testing for Clause 7, 9,
and 10 of the SAS standard
• The testing is done on our CATCLeCroy Tracer/Trainer and Sierra M6-2
SAS/SATA Protocol Analyzer
• All test suites can be found at:
http://www.iol.unh.edu/services/testi
ng/sas/testsuites/
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SAS Testing
Clause 7 Link Layer Test Suite
• This test suite verifies link layer
specifications for SAS devices as
defined in Clause 7 of the SAS standard
• It requires 1 week for testing
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SAS Testing
Clause 9 Transport Layer Test Suite
• This test suite verifies Transport layer
specifications for SAS devices as
defined in Clause 9 of the SAS standard.
• It requires 1 week for testing
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SAS Testing
Clause 9 Target Error Handling Test Suite
• This test suite verifies Target Error
Handling specifications for SAS devices
as defined in Clause 9 of the SAS
standard.
• It requires 1 week for testing
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SAS Testing
Clause 10 Application Layer Test Suite
• This test suite verifies application layer
specifications for SAS devices as
defined in Clause 10 of the SAS
standard.
• It requires 1 week for testing
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SAS Testing
SAS Power Management
• This Test Suite measures the power
drawn by a device in each Phy Power
Condition, verifies that the device
conforms to the Power Management
Protocol defined in the SAS Spec, and
verifies the Power Management state
machine specified in the SAS 2.1
standard.
• This requires one week for testing.
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SAS Testing
CATC-LeCroy Tracer/Trainer
• This platform provides analysis and
diagnostic capabilities for SAS/SATA
devices Generator capabilities up to 3G
speeds.
• It has the ability to act as a target or
initiator and transmit all primitives and
OOB signals.
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SAS Testing
CATC-LeCroy Tracer/Trainer
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SAS Testing
Sample Trace
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SAS Testing
Sierra M6-2 SAS/SATA Protocol Analyzer
• This device has all the same features of
the CATC only it supports speeds up to
6G
• It also has Jammer capabilities
• The traces look the same as the CATC
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SAS Testing
Sierra M6-2 SAS/SATA Protocol Analyzer
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SAS Testing
More Info
• More info on the test equipment and
test suites can be found at our website:
http://www.iol.unh.edu/services/testi
ng/sas/
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