Storage

The storage and server industry has seen a relentless drive for faster data transfer speeds and greater storage capacity, at the lowest possible cost.

Tektronix provides a powerful and comprehensive test instrument portfolio for a variety of standards, including: SATA, SAS, InfiniBand™, Fibre Channel, XAUI, and more.

Debug & Design Verification of Transmitter and Receiver Devices Fact Sheet
Automated Conformance Test Fact Sheet
Transmitter Validation and Cable Testing Fact Sheet

SAS: TX Signal and OOB

Product	Description	SAS-6G	SAS-12G
Automated Conformance Test Software	TekExpress with option SAS-TSG	1
Automated Conformance Test Software	DPOJET with option SAS-TSG		1
Oscilloscope	DPO/DSA/MSO71254 or higher	1
Oscilloscope	DPO/DSA73304D		1
Probe	P7516 TriMode Probe	1
Probe	P7520 TriMode Probe		1
Accessories	Matched SMA Cable Set, 174-4944-01	2
Test Fixture	TF-SAS-TPA-P – SAS 2.0 Plug Adapter	1
	TF-SAS-TPA-R – SAS 2.0 Receptacle Adapter	1
	TF-SAS-TPA-PRC – SAS 2.0 Adapter Kit	1
	TF-SASHD-TPAR-P – SAS 12G SAS Plug Adapter		1
	TF-SASHD-TPA-R – SAS 12G SAS Receptacle Adapter		1
	TF-SASHD-TPA-PR2XC – SAS 12G SAS Plug/Receptacle/Cal Kit		1

SAS: S-Parameter Tests

Product	Description	SAS-6G	SAS-12G
Oscilloscope	DSA8300 Sampling Oscilloscope	1	1
Sampling Modules	80E04 TDR Module	2
Sampling Modules	80E10 Electrical Module		2
Clock Recovery Module	80A07 Clock Recovery Module	1	1
Clock Recovery Module	CR-125A Clock Recovery Instrument	1	1
Software	80SSPAR S-Parameter Test Software 80SJNB Jitter, Noise, BER Software	1 of each	1 of each
Test Fixture (One of the following)	TF-SAS-TPA-P – SAS 2.0 Plug Adapter	1
	TF-SAS-TPA-R – SAS 2.0 Receptacle Adapter	1
	TF-SAS-TPA-PRC – SAS 2.0 Adapter Kit	1
	TF-SASHD-TPAR-P SAS 12G SAS Plug Adapter		1
	TF-SASHD-TPA-R SAS 12G SAS Receptacle Adapter		1
	TF-SASHD-TPA-PR2XC SAS 12G SAS Plug/Receptacle/Cal Kit		1

SATA: Transmitter or Receiver Testing

Product	Description	PHY/TSG/OOB	RSG/RMT
Automated Conformance Test Software	TekExpress (Requires DPOJET Jitter and Eye-diagram Analysis Software)	opt. SATA-TSG	opt. SATA-RSG
Oscilloscope	DPO/DSA/MSO71254 or higher with option STU and ERRDT	1	1
Signal Generator	AWG7122 with options 1, 6, and 8	1	1
Signal Generator	SerialXpress software with options ISI and SSC or BERTScope BSA85C or BSA125C with option STR		1
Test Fixture	TF-SATA-SET-IV-ZP — Host, device, and cable testing	1	1
	TF-SATA-TPA-P – SATA Gen3 Plug Adapter	1	1
	TF-SATA-TPA-R – SATA Gen3 Receptacle Adapter	1	1
	TF-SATA-TPA-PRC – SATA Gen3 Two Plug and Receptacle Adapters with Calibration Cables 1x and 2x	1	1
Logic Analyzer Probe Adapter and Frame Error Analyzer	SATA-II — SATA Gen1 - Gen2		1
Logic Analyzer Probe Adapter and Frame Error Analyzer	SATA-G6 — SATA Gen1 - Gen3		1
Cables	174-4944-01 Phase Matched SMA Cables	5 pair	6 pair
Attenuator	015-1001-01	2	2

SATA: Channel or Cable Testing

Product	Description	Rx/Tx	SI
Automated Conformance Test Software	TekExpress (Requires DPOJET Jitter and Eye-diagram Analysis Software)	1 Option SATA-RXTX	1 Option SATA-SI
Sampling Oscilloscope	DSA8300 Series with 80SICON S-parameter analysis software	1	1
Sampling TDR Modules	80E04, 80E08, 80E10	2	4
Signal Generator	AWG7122 with options 1, 6, and 8	1
Test Fixture	TF-SATA-SET-IV-ZP — Host, device, and cable testing	1	1
	TF-SATA-TPA-P – SATA Gen3 Plug Adapter	1	1
	TF-SATA-TPA-R – SATA Gen3 Receptacle Adapter	1	1
	TF-SATA-TPA-PRC – SATA Gen3 Two Plug and Receptacle Adapters with Calibration Cables 1x and 2x	1	1
Cables	174-4944-01 Phase Matched SMA Cables	5 pair	4 pair
Attenuator	015-1001-01	2

Fibre Channel

Product	Description	Quantity
Real-time Oscilloscope	DPO70000 Series with DPOJET	1
Mixed Signal Oscilloscope	MSO70000 Series with DPOJET	1
Optical Sampling Oscilloscope	DSA8300 Series	1
Logic Analyzer	TLA5000B Series	1
Signal Generator	AWG7000 Series with SerialXpress software	1

Infiniband

Product	Description	Quantity
Real-time Oscilloscope	DPO70000 Series with DPOJET	1
Mixed Signal Oscilloscope	MSO70000 Series with DPOJET	1
Sampling Oscilloscope	DSA8300 with 80C14 Optical Module	1
Oscilloscope Probes	P6139B	1
Logic Analyzer	TLA5000B Series	1
Signal Generator	AWG5000 Series	1

XAUI

Product	Description	Quantity
Real-time Oscilloscope	DPO70000 Series with DPOJET	1
Mixed Signal Oscilloscope	MSO70000 Series with DPOJET	1
Logic Analyzer	TLA5000B Series	1
Signal Generator	AWG7000 Series	1

Thunderbolt

Product	Description	Quantity
Real - Time Oscilloscope	DPO/DSA73304D (Silicon)	1
Real - Time Oscilloscope	DPO/DSA/MSO71604D (OEM/ODM)	1
Sampling Oscilloscope	DSA8300 Series with 80E10 Electrical Module	1
Receiver/Cable Testing	BSA175C Series Bit Error Rate Tester	1

	Product Series
Jitter Generation Techniques for Serializer-Deserializer Compliance Testing New serial data standards and platforms are emerging continuously, and with them the requirement for effective compliance and characterization measurement tools. Of particular interest to digital designers are solutions for measuring jitter in Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) and Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) circuits.	DTG5000
How Do You Get the Most Out of Your Tektronix Performance Oscilloscope Understand the important signal acquisition and usability features of your oscilloscope to achieve quicker results.	DPO7000
The Basics of Serial Data Compliance and Validation Measurements This primer is designed to help you understand the common aspects of serial data transmission and to explain the analog and digital measurement requirements that apply to these emerging serial technologies	TLA7SA00
Analog Signals Join Digital Patterns In Serial Data With fast digital-to-analog converters and faster sample clock capabilities, a new generation of AWGs is evolving as a way to generate waveforms for high-speed serial bus protocols such as SATA 2 and PCI-Express.	AWG7000
Understanding and Characterizing Timing Jitter Primer Timing jitter is the unwelcome companion of all electrical systems that use voltage transitions to represent timing information. This paper focuses primarily on jitter in electrical systems.
Storage Solutions Fact Sheet This technology fact sheet describes the support for SATA and SAS PHY Layer Testing for Hosts, Devices and Cables from Tektronix.	DSA8300
Automation Answers Compliance Challenge Interoperability and compliance concerns are commanding an ever-larger share of the serial system designer's attention.	DSA8300
Measurement Solutions for Disk Drive Design This application note illustrates a number of measurement techniques relevant to six general areas of disk drive design. It provides a summary of modern instrumentation and techniques available for probing, capturing, and analyzing electronic signals that are found in disk drive systems.
Effects of Infiniband Fixture Crosstalk on Synthesized Eye Diagram Application note for de-embedding fixture crosstalk from synthesized eye diagrams working on characterization of Infiniband designs.	DSA8300
Time Domain Methods for Measuring Crosstalk for PCB Quality Verification Application Note Learn about the elements of crosstalk and how you can measure it on a single-layer PCB using a sampling scope.	DSA8300

	Product Series
Beyond Receiver Interoperability Testing Webinar This 45 minute, live webinar will focus on the latest tools and techniques for properly performing jitter tolerance and stressed receiver sensitivity testing - including characterization and margin testing of next generation receivers. .	BERTScope BSA
Tips for Fast+ Efficient Debug of Serial Buses Webinar Many embedded systems today utilize serial buses like I2C, SPI and USB for chip to chip communications and peripheral control. In this webinar, you'll learn how to debug these systems quickly with automated decode, trigger and search on common serial bus topologies. This approach will save hours of debugging time by automating the serial decoding process. Learn how to capture common serial bus traffic on an oscilloscope and view in a decoded format, helpful steps showing how to quickly debug signaling and electrical issues found in these serial buses, and more. The speaker Chris Loberg is a Senior Marketing Manager at Tektronix	MSO/DPO3000
Physical Layer Validation of Storage Systems With many advances in storage technology, it is even more critical to stay connected with the updated transfer methodologies. In this webinar you'll learn about the most recent Compliance Test Specification revisions by the SATA I/O and Serial Attached SCSI organizations. See how these latest tests are performed on Tektronix instrumentation using automated compliance software.
High Performance Mixed Signal Validation and Debug Webinar Modern embedded and computing systems have become progressively more powerful by incorporating high-speed buses with mixed analog and digital subsystems.	DPO/DSA/MSO70000
Acting on Impulse: Equalization and Emphasis Webinar Learn how equalization can turn the tables on signal path effects.
Advantages of Stress Testing Receivers with Synthesized Waveforms Webinar Learn the best way to perform stress receiver tolerance tests with signal generation. By using an Arbitrary Waveform Generator, you gain the advantages of flexibility, ease of use, increased control, faster testing, and insightful diagnostics.
How Stressing a Receiver Removes Stress from a Designer Webinar Inducing the stress in your design can help you find it's hidden weaknesses. Learn the easy way to apply stress by understanding the hard way.
High Speed Serial Data Receiver Testing Webinar This tutorial discusses the challenges in generating signals with increasing speeds for the latest serial standards and that thoroughly test any receiver with real world or "worst case" conditions. You will also learn how Direct Synthesis techniques enable a much more simplified method for many serial data test requirements.
Overcoming Challenges in S-Parameter Measurements In this webinar we will describe and demonstrate the latest tools available to perform serial data S-parameter measurements for more efficient signal integrity analysis. This versatile approach provides repeatable, accurate, cost-effective results.

	Product Series
InfiniBand MOI InfiniBand Serial Data Compliance and Analysis Application. Adapted for the RT--Eye Online Help,Version 1.0.0 (August, 2003)

Standards Bodies' Specs and MOIs