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U4305A Protocol Exerciser for PCI Express® 3.0

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U4305A Protocol Exerciser for PCI Express® 3.0 Data Sheet A Multi-Personality Instrument for PCIe Supports NVMe Conformance Testing, Multi‑Root, and Single-Root I/O Virtualization • Supports Gen1 (2.5 GT/s), Gen2 (5.0 GT/s), and Gen3 (8.0 GT/s) speeds • x1, x4, x8, or x16 link widths • Standard height, half-length card • Perform through link PCIe® Link testing One card: multiple PCIe test applications PCIe Protocol Test Card Test to the protocol standard of the PCI-SIG with our automated test package. Provides independent testing of PCIe add-in cards and BIOS systems with both PCIe 2.0 and 3.0 tests built in. Error Injection on Intel® RAS Platforms Complete Exerciser Test Package Intel® RAS validation framework now utilizes the Agilent U4305A PCIe 3.0 exerciser card to enable fault and error injection for testing of RAS features, allowing you to ensure the system performance, resiliency and reliability when faults occur. Verify LTSSM state transitions and timeouts; emulate PCIe root complex; emulate PCIe device; emulation of non IOV PCIe, MR-IOV, or SR-IOV; fully supported API to write custom test cases; NVMe device testing with Root Complex (RC) emulation.

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Overview The Agilent U4305A Exerciser can be configured to provide sub-protocol layer test and debug for legacy and next generation PCIe devices. The U4305A Exerciser for PCIe is an advanced traffic generator that can be used to send and respond to TLP, DLLP, and physical layer packets to stimulate PCIe devices and systems. The Exerciser operates in one of three modes, PCIe, MR-IOV, or SR-IOV. The capabilities of these modes can be enhanced with the purchase of additional software licenses. Specific DUT test case requirements can be written by means of the included API. U4305A is a standard...

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When emulating an endpoint, the Agilent U4305A Gen3 exerciser card is plugged into a PCIe slot on the motherboard, as a normal PCIe device. In this scenario, the exerciser card can be used to perform load and stress testing of the system under test. When emulating a root complex, the Agilent U4305A Gen3 exerciser card communicates with the device under test through the Agilent N5316A backplane board. In this configuration, the exerciser communicates to the DUT through the bottom connectors. The DUT receives its power from the backplane. Figure 2 shows example setups of a Protocol Exerciser...

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Functions (continued) As an LTSSM tester The Link Training and Status State Machine (LTSSM) is the sub-block that drives and controls the link initialization and training process for a PCIe device to enable the normal data exchange between PCIe nodes on the link. LTSSM operates at the physical layer and exchanges physical layer packets (Ordered sets such as TS1 and TS2) to initialize, train, and manage the link. LTSSM features are provided when option LT3 is purchased. The Agilent U4305A Exerciser provides positive and negative test cases to exercise critical functions of either the end...

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Functions (continued) Exerciser protocol checker Exerciser as a SR-IOV capable device The exerciser behaves as a SR-IOV capable End Point (EP) or Root Complex (RC) when the protocol is set to SR-IOV. In this mode it is compliant with SR-IOV specification Rev. 1.1 (September 8, 2009). The U4305A PCIe Gen3 Exerciser provides an internal protocol check that reports various protocol errors that the DUT may have made and has been detected at the Exerciser’s receiver. An external trigger can be generated on these events to enable trace tools to capture the details of the error condition....

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U4305A-021 Protocol Test Card 3.0 • PCIe 3.0 link transaction compliance measurement tool • Includes PCIe 2.0 and PCIe 3.0 protocol test cases • Requires only x1 lane width backplane to test add-in cards Fundi... Equaliz... Option 021 protocol test card is an Agilent third-generation PCIe 3.0 link transaction compliance test tool. PCI-SIG®, the industry organization chartered to develop and manage the PCI Express standard, the PTC3 will provide the Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) and Independent BIOS Vendor (IBV) with link transaction test results designed to maximize current PCIe 3.0...

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U4305A-FFP PCIe RAS Test Software License Description Solution Structure Intel® RAS (reliability, availability and serviceability) validation framework now utilizes the Agilent U4305A PCIe 3.0 exerciser card to enable fault and error injection for testing of RAS features, allowing you to ensure the system performance, resiliency, and reliability when faults occur. Intel® PCI Express RAS Validation Tool Kit • Agilent PCIe 3.0 exerciser card • Agilent PCIe RAS test software license 3.0 (or Agilent PCIe 3.0 exerciser software license) • Intel® PCI Express hardware error injection GUI software...

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As an NVMe root complex, exerciser submits various requests (NVMe completion. These commands include admin commands submitted to the admin queue as well as the I/O mission queue(s). By sending NVMe can check how the NVMe controller responds to and completes these requests. You can also verify how the NVMe controller handles admin requests such as queue management Create multiple submission and completion queues and then use the easy-to-use drag and drop interface to create and send NVMe commands • View and configure NVMe controller • Configure the admin submission and completion queue...

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NVMe Conformance Testing Standardized testing not only specification and increases device interoperability, but it also decreases test time by providing tests that give developers insight into device operation. Agilent is proud to imple- ment the NVMe conformance tests Lab (I0L). These tests provide pass/ fail/warning results with detailed diagnostic information to improve NVMe validation. The conformance test implemented 38 tests for validating NVMe and admin commands, features, and process operations Included in the NVMe test package is a complete programming interface to allow the user...

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