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Catalyst Announces SAS/SATA Analyzer Cascade Capability
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 28, 2005
Contact: Chuck Trefts
Catalyst Enterprises, Inc.
(408) 365-3846 x116
info@getcatalyst.com
New Capability Allows for Time-Synchronized Operation Across 32 Channels
San Jose, CA, September 28, 2005- Catalyst Enterprises,
Inc., a leading manufacturer of advanced
design verification and test tools for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS),
Serial ATA (SATA), PCI Express™,
USB 2.0, and other technologies, today announced a major hardware
upgrade to its STX Master™
Series of SAS and SATA protocol analyzers. This new capability
provides developers the ability to
use up to eight multi-port analyzers to capture and display
time-synchronized SAS or SATA traffic
on up to 32 links, using a single, integrated configuration and
display interface.
“The data communication models and advanced topologies used in
modern storage technologies
present unique challenges to the developer community,” stated Paul
Mutschler, director, storage
division, Catalyst Enterprises, Inc. “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
characterization of systemic operation.”
New Capability Adds Multi-Port Capture; Expands Display and Trigger Capabilities
The cascade capability synchronizes up to 32 SAS and/or SATA
traffic streams from up to eight STX
multi-port analyzers 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.
Providing a Total Solution
The cascade capability is the latest in a series of powerful
feature enhancements to Catalyst’s
hardware-based SAS/SATA analyzer/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 analyze both protocols
simultaneously and at different
speeds.
Availability
The cascade capability is available now as a standard feature on
Catalyst STX-430 Series
analyzer/emulator systems.
About Catalyst Enterprises, Inc.
Founded in 1992 in San Jose, CA, Catalyst Enterprises
manufactures data bus analysis and
emulation tools for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA (SATA),
PCI Express, USB 2.0, and other
data communications protocols. Catalyst’s development tools
incorporate a reconfigurable hardware
core architecture, which can be updated in the field with software,
keeping the tool current with the
latest standards and updated feature sets. These flexible hardware
tools are powered by protocol-
specific software applications, which are made available to
customers for the lifetime of the product.
Catalyst products are used by companies in the telecommunications,
semiconductor, software,
consumer electronics, defense, and other industries. Catalyst can be
found on the web at
www.getcatalyst.com.
Catalyst Enterprises, Inc. ● 710 Lakeway Drive, Suite 135 ●
Sunnyvale, CA 94085 ● (408) 365-3846
Solutions for SAS, SATA, PCI Express, PCI, PCI-X, and USB
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