Fibre Channel

The SANBlaze SANBlazter Initiator Emulator is a unique Fibre Channel test solution that provides simulation of a single to hundreds of Fibre Channel Initiator ports.  The software operates on existing SANBlaze VirtuaLUN and GargantuLUN 4G Fibre Channel systems, and runs standalone or in conjunction with SANBlaze Target Emulation software.

Available in 2, 4, 12 or 24 port 4G Fibre Channel systems, the SANBlazter software behaves as a real initiator, not just a traffic generator or protocol tester, providing real login and command control.   Features such as Read/Write/Compare testing, error injection and a custom command builder provide an environment to simulate Initiator test cases via script or an easy to use Web interface.   The Patent Pending Blazter Mode allows for all ports to run at full line rate.

Hardware:

• Fibre Channel Ports: 2, 4, 12 or 24 Fibre Channel Ports running at 1, 2 or 4 Gbps
• Auto Link Speed and Auto Topology Negotiation
• One Initiator per port (Initial Release)
• Multiple Initiators per port (Virtual NPort) (Summer 2007)

Software Features:

• Blazter Mode
  • Full speed setting, allowing read/write testing to run at full 4G line rates across all ports
    
    
• Change Login Parameters
  • Number of PLOGI attempts
  • Time Between PLOGI attempts
  • MAX FLOGI Burst
  • MAX PLOGI Burst
    
    
• Command Builder - Build/send custom or predefined commands including:
  
  • Test Unit Ready         
  • ModeSense
  • ModeSelect
  • ReportLuns
  • Inquiry and Inquiry VPD
  • ReadCapacity
  • Read (6,10, 12,16)
  • Write (6,10, 12,16)
  • WriteSame
  • Standard Reserve Operations (Reserve6, Release6)
  • PersistentReserve Operations
  • Variable Block Size (512 or 520 Byte)
    
    
• Configurable IO Generation
  • Block Size
  • Threads
  • Write pattern
  • Sequential/Random IO
    
    
• Configurable Initiator/HBA identity
  • WWNN
  • WWPN
    
    
• Data Testing
  • Read/Write
  • Read/Write/Compare
  • IOMeter Integration
    
    
• Discovery Methods
  • ReportLuns
  • Scan LUN0
  • Scan All LUNS
    
    
• Tape Support
  • Tape Initiator Scripts
    
    
• Trace Mode
  • A viewable, time-stamped log of all IO’s sent or received, including errors

Error Capabilities:

• Customizable Error Handling:
  • Retry on Error
  • Stop on Error
  • Adjustable IO timeouts
  
  
  
• Error Conditions:
  • Bad CRC
  • Read Over/Read Under
  • WriteOver/Write Under
  • Data Corruption
  • LIP
  • Offline/Online
  • Logout
  • Process Logout
    
    
• Task Management Commands
  • Abort Task
  • Abort TaskSet
  • ClearTaskSet
  • ClearACA
  • LunReset
  • TargetReset
    

System Features :

Web-based Interface

• Quickly and easily set up, run and save multiple test configurations
• View statistics and performance in real time
• Generate errors
• View error counters and statistics
• Build, edit and execute scripts
• Online documentation
  

Command Line Interface

• Run individual or looped commands
• Build and execute scripts
• Execute remote scripts