Converting I-Tech Files
Chapter 18, Converting Files from Other Platforms
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Channel mappings and nomenclature
Converted traces use a “Port” naming convention that is common to the Xgig platform
architecture. When an I-Tech analyzer trace is converted, the following names are utilized in the
Xgig format:
Ports 32-63 may or not be created following conversion, depending upon the data within the trace.
These ports are only created as necessary. These ports will not be visible in Xgig Expert and it will
handle them automatically. The conversion program that imports I-tech SAS/SATA capture files
does not currently support primitive sequences within a frame (for example, ALIGN, RRDY,
SATA_HOLD, SATA_HOLDA). The occurrence of any primitives within a frame will be placed
in an additional port number that is 32 higher than the original port number.
In the Xgig trace format, each port (or channel) represents a single transmitter. Each port is saved
to a separate file (with the .BUS extension for SAS traces, .TRC for Fibre Channel trace and .GBE
for Gigabit Ethernet traces). Additionally each of the filenames/locations are placed into a .TGP
file (Trace Group File), which is the file type that is opened by default in both Xgig Expert and
Xgig TraceView.
Table 36: I-Tech to Xgig Port Name Conversion
I-Tech Name
Xgig Port Name
Port Name Meaning
Channel 1A
SAS_Port 0
Initiator transmit port for Link 1
Channel 1B
SAS_Port 1
Target transmit port for Link 1
Channel 1C
SAS_Port 2
Initiator transmit port for Link 2
Channel 1D
SAS_Port 3
Target transmit port for Link 2
Channel 2A
SAS_Port 4
Initiator transmit port for Link 3
Channel 2B
SAS_Port 5
Target transmit port for Link 3
Channel 2C
SAS_Port 6
Initiator transmit port for Link 4
Etc.....
Etc......
Etc.....
N/A
SAS_Port 32
Primitives embedded within Initiator Frames for Link 1
N/A
SAS_Port 33
Primitives embedded within Target Frames for Link 1
N/A
SAS_Port 34
Primitives embedded within Initiator Frames for Link 2
N/A
SAS_Port 35
Primitives embedded within Target Frames for Link 2
N/A
SAS_Port 36
Primitives embedded within Initiator Frames for Link 3
N/A
SAS_Port 37
Primitives embedded within Target Frames for Link 3
N/A
SAS_Port 38
Primitives embedded within Initiator Frames for Link 4
Etc.....
Etc......
Etc.....
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Page 382: ...Chapter 15 Xgig TraceView Histograms Histogram Controls 368 Xgig Analyzer User s Guide ...
Page 383: ...369 Chapter 16 Xgig TraceView Template Editor In this chapter Using Template Editor ...
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Page 442: ...Chapter 21 Xgig Expert 428 Xgig Analyzer User s Guide Figure 194 Xgig Expert Graph View ...
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