Analyzer Accelerates Multichannel Monitoring

March 3, 2003
Sophisticated triggering, high-level decoding, and expert analysis for Fibre Channel networks and devices are all possible with the FCTracer from Computer Access Technology. Storage equipment developers and engineers can use it to quickly and...

Sophisticated triggering, high-level decoding, and expert analysis for Fibre Channel networks and devices are all possible with the FCTracer from Computer Access Technology. Storage equipment developers and engineers can use it to quickly and independently monitor and analyze multiple channels of traffic for faster verification and problem resolution.

Users can independently trigger and record on 1-, 2-, or 8-Mbit/s Fibre Channel ports, each at a different transfer rate. Developers can quickly locate and identify intermittent problems, specific errors, and data patterns with up to two parallel event sequencers containing 256 states, each with an independent trigger and filter criteria. Extensive upper-level protocol decoding and easy access to packet-level detail simplify the interpretation and debugging of the Fibre Channel protocol. Throughput problems and anomalies can be easily identified with detailed real-time performance monitoring and statistics.

The FCTracer fits into the company's Universal Protocol Analysis System (UPAS), allowing rapid development and testing of products and enabling engineers to quickly move from protocol to protocol. It also leverages intuitive and powerful Trace expert analysis software, which uses a proprietary Windows-based user interface.

The FCTracer costs $27,950.

Computer Access Technology Corp.
www.catc.com (800) 909-2282

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Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.

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