Low level fibre channel protocol testing at it’s best!
 

The PulsarTE™ Test Environment is a complete 1 or 2 Gb Fibre Channel Protocol system consisting of a PCI to FC interface board, and Vela Application software.   Designed to allow repeatable testing and monitoring of Fibre Channel loops, links, bridges, switches, and peripheral devices, with PulsarTE™, users can easily access lower level Fibre Channel protocol functions, such as LIPs, Extended Link Services and Task Management.   Vela application software is a graphical user interface that allows for easy access to PulsarTE™’s protocol features. The four main functions Vela includes are:   LIP Generation   Designed for ultimate control and flexibility in LIP generation, PulsarTE™ provides the ability to generate a LIP at any time to test the response for the device when operations are interrupted or to test the error recovery capabilities of the physical devices, application software and/or the device driver software.   PulsarTE™ supports all variations of LIPs and can generate them instantly by pressing the LIP pushbutton or PulsarTE™’s LIP generator will issue LIPs every n seconds.   TRAFFIC GENERATION   PulsarTE™ generates user configurable traffic on the loop while providing the user with full "throttle" control to set the traffic bandwidth. Simple user interfaces give the operator a lit "start/stop" button while a Tachometer measures and displays the bandwidth consumed at the HBA (with running average and peak value markers).   MONITOR LINK STATUS   Real-time monitoring of link status is standard in all PulsarTE™ systems allowing for precise pinpointing of weak or problem links. PulsarTE™ will track all link error status figures for all nodes while providing for optional logging to a file. Error statistics are automatically fed into PulsarTE™’s Graphical Topology Display. Alarms can be configured to trip on user-definable excessive growth rate for each status figure.   VIEW LOOP TOPOLOGY   PulsarTE™ presents a dynamic graphical view of the loop and each device or node discovered then updates in real-time always providing a physical view of the loop. "Views" can be stored and logged for later retrieval and review while alarms can be set to notify the user or log to file when the loop topology changes.   MAJOR CAPABILITIES OF PulsarTE™   LIP GENERATION Test the response of the device when operations are interrupted Test the error recovery of physical devices, application software (backup, SAN, etc.) and device driver software TRAFFIC GENERATION   Test loop and link data integrity with: Enclosures T Cards Transceivers Bridges and Switches Storage Devices MONITOR LINK STATUS Pinpoint weak or problem links VIEW LOOP TOPOLOGY   View detailed information on each node such as: Loop address SCSI address Physical order of devices Detailed information about physical devices COMBINE THESE ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS WITH PulsarTE™ FOR UNPRECEDENTED CAPABILITIES! Fibre/SCSI Toolbox32 - Comprehensive HDD, tape and optical testing, diagnosing, exercising and configuring. NorthstarADT - Advanced software tool for stressing fibre channel and SCSI devices to their limits in a multi-bus, multi-threaded environment. Test command tag queuing!