Keysight Technologies AXIe Series, Troubleshooting Manual

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PXI/AXIe Chassis Troubleshooting Guide
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Introduction
Keysight PXIe and AXIe chassis are the backbone of a PXIe or AXIe system. These
chassis have high performance backplanes providing PXI and AXIe modules the
ability to communicate rapidly with one another and the controller. It is
important to make sure the chassis and modules enumerate correctly before any
system control takes place. This paper helps you understand the hardware
connections, the firmware and software components of the system, and gives
guidelines on how to diagnose and resolve chassis communication problems.
Understand the system hardware connections
PXIe and AXIe chassis systems consist of the chassis itself plus other related
modules, such as host controllers, system modules, and the instrument modules
which are installed in the chassis backplane. Understanding the hardware
connections will help you verify if there are any hardware issues in the system.
Host Controllers
The computer that controls the chassis is known as the host controller or system
controller. The host controller can be either a remote controller or an embedded
controller.
Remote Controller and System Interface Module
A remote controller can be a desktop personal computer (PC) or a rack mounted
PC.
- For Keysight PXIe chassis, except the M9005A, the remote controller connects
to the chassis with a Keysight M9048A, M9048B, or M9049A Host Adapter
PCIe Interface module (desktop adapter) installed in the PC, through a PCIe
cable to an M9022A, M9023A, or M9024A PXIe System Interface Module
installed in slot 1 of the chassis. The M9021A is supported only in the M9018A
and M9018B. It will provide a Gen2 link when connected to an M9048A.
- The M9005A PXIe chassis comes with an integrated system module in the
chassis. Option 002 must be ordered with the chassis and adds a PCIe
Desktop adapter for the M9005A and a 3 meter cable to connect to the PC.
Other desktop adapters, such as the M9048A, and embedded controllers,
such as the M9037A, are not supported in this chassis.
- The M9502A 2-Slot and M9505A 5-Slot AXIe chassis come with an embedded
system module (ESM) while the M9514A chassis uses the M9521A AXIe
System Module (ASM) in the chassis to communicate and control the chassis.