Teledyne LeCroy, a worldwide leader in
protocol test solutions, recently announced the addition of the SierraNet M168
and its new FlexPort Technology to the SierraNet product family. The SierraNet
M168 is an 8-port multi-protocol analyzer and error injector supporting up to
16G Fibre Channel and 10Gbps Ethernet protocols. Teledyne LeCroy also announced
the addition of FlexPort and 40Gbps Ethernet analysis and error injection
capabilities to the SierraNet M408. Starting at $19,950, the SierraNet M168 and
M408 are not only the most advanced protocol analyzer solutions available, but
are also the lowest cost Fibre Channel and Ethernet protocol analyzer systems
in the market today.
"With these introductions,
Teledyne LeCroy has significantly expanded its commitment to the SAN market and
is now the only protocol analysis company to support every bus, at every speed,
for every protocol in the SAN," said Joe Mendolia, Vice President of
Marketing for Teledyne LeCroy's Protocol Solutions Group. "In extending
that commitment, Teledyne LeCroy's Engineering teams also created CrossSync™,
which provides the ability to fully time-correlate all protocol traffic across
the SAN including FC, FCoE, iSCSI, NVMe, PCIe, SAS, SATA, SATA-Express, and
SCSI-Express."
Lowest Cost Fibre Channel &
Ethernet Analysis Solutions on the Market
By leveraging FlexPort in its SierraNet
family of products, Teledyne LeCroy has been able to eliminate the need for
costly single-function blades, pods and adapters found in some competitive
products. In addition to minimizing cost, FlexPort also allows for the creation
of portable, highly compact, extremely flexible, multi-function protocol
analyzers. Utilizing FlexPort, each port-pair can probe both Ethernet and Fibre
Channel links up to speeds of 16G on copper or optical cabling.
New SierraNet M168 and Enhanced
SierraNet M408 Capabilities
In addition to the cost benefits and
many technical enhancements detailed above, Teledyne LeCroy has introduced
several other important innovations to the SierraNet platforms including:
o Integrated 40Gbps Ports: The SierraNet M408 is the only analyzer in the
market with two integrated 40Gbps QSFP ports. By integrating the QSFP ports in
the hardware, the SierraNet M408 eliminates the complexity of external
"octopus" cables used in competitive products. This also ensures
reliable analysis by eliminating the risk associated with the additional 8
potential failure points the "octopus" cables create in a test
environment.
o Compact, Portable and Light Weight: The SierraNet platforms are the
Smallest (1U) and lightest (9.5lbs) Fibre Channel and Ethernet protocol
analyzer platforms in the market, saving valuable real estate in customer labs
and racks and offering the best portable solution for engineers on the move.
o Fast and Convenient Access to Data:
o USB3.0 Host Interface: The SierraNet M168 and M408 provide the fastest
upload speeds in the market delivering more than a 5x transfer rate improvement
over any other Fibre Channel or Ethernet Analyzer. This is particularly
important when capturing large amounts of data or when a quick connection to
the analyzer is required ensuring more of the user's time is spent testing and
less time spent waiting for the analyzer to save trace files to the host
system.
o GIGE Host Interface: For added convenience, IP Address set-up menus are
available on the front panel of the SierraNet eliminating the time and
complexity required to configure an analyzer via a null-modem cable and
hyper-terminal interface.
o Best Time-Stamp Resolution: The SierraNet family has been enhanced with
a 1ns time-stamp resolution/accuracy setting a new industry standard for trace
analysis and for timing measurements required for testing high performance SAN
products.
o Advanced State Machines: The SierraNet family includes advanced and easy
to use Triggers, Filters and Error Injection capabilities with up to 4
sequencers and up to 24 states per sequencer, providing surgical precision to
concisely target areas of interest and save precious time.
o Largest and Most Flexible Recording Memory: The SierraNet family
provides for the largest capture capabilities in the market (up to 64GB) and
extends this lead even further with dynamic memory allocation. SierraNet
products can dynamically assign up to 50% (or up to 32GB) of the total
recording memory to one port-pair or spread the memory use across all eight
ports dynamically based on the traffic profile. This is necessary when the user
can not accurately define the conditions associated with a problem and needs to
capture a broad swath of traffic to identify the issue.
o New and Improved Graphical User Interface (GUI): To match the
performance and capabilities of the SierraNet family, Teledyne LeCroy has
engineered the new "Net Protocol Suite" application, an easy to use
and unified software architecture for all functions. In addition to industry
standard views like Spreadsheet and Frame Inspector, the Net Protocol Suite has
several user-focused enhancements such as trace reassembly of fragmented
protocol data (for IP related traffic) and contextual "zero-time" searching
and filtering. In comparison, competitive trace views and search capabilities
display irrelevant and/or unrelated information along with relevant information
leaving the user to guess which items to review.
The SierraNet M408 is already shipping
and the SierraNet M168 starts shipping in July, 2013.
About Teledyne LeCroy
Teledyne LeCroy is a leading
manufacturer of advanced test instruments that drive product innovation by
quickly measuring, analyzing, and verifying complex electronic signals. The Company
offers high-performance oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and global
communications protocol test solutions used by design engineers in the
computer, semiconductor and consumer electronics, data storage, automotive and
industrial, military and aerospace, and telecommunication markets. Teledyne
LeCroy's 49-year heritage of technical innovation is the foundation for its
recognized leadership in "WaveShape Analysis" - capturing, viewing,
and measuring the high-speed signals that drive today's information and
communications technologies. Teledyne LeCroy is headquartered in Chestnut
Ridge, New York. Company information is available at teledynelecroy.com.