Keysight Technologies U4305A, Hardware Manual

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1 U4305A Exerciser Card
20 Keysight Protocol Exerciser for PCI Express Hardware Guide
U4305A/U4305B Exerciser Card as a Root Complex
This topic introduces you to the U4305A/U4305B exerciser card emulating a root complex.
You can use the U4305A/U4305B exerciser card as a root complex to stimulate a DUT into various
test scenarios. To accomplish this, you plug the exerciser card into a passive backplane board
through the Edge connector of the card. In this case, the Exerciser card communicates to the DUT
through the bottom connectors.
A controller system hosts the Protocol Exerciser software and hardware support services to control
and manage the Exerciser card. Exerciser card is connected to this controlling system through a USB
cable. The following figure displays a sample hardware setup in which the U4305A/U4305B exerciser
card is emulating a PCIe root complex.
Figure 6 Exerciser card emulating a root complex
NOTE
For detailed information on how to set up the U4305A/U4305B exerciser card as
a root complex, refer to the Keysight PCIE Exerciser Gen3 Installation guide.